MD: Maryland Poised to Commit $167M Share for New Metro Funding

One day after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a functioning Metro system could spell success or failure for the region to win Amazon’s second headquarters, the Maryland Senate Budgetand Taxation Committee has opened hearings on the state’s new Metro funding bill.

This is a major step forward for decades-long quest to establish a stable funding source for Metro among Maryland, Virginia and D.C.

Maryland is considering a bill that would give Metro $167 million of the $500 million it needs in new dedicated funding for the transit system. The money would come from Maryland's Transportation Trust Fund.

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