John Sarbanes: “Maryland has one of the highest density levels on urban interstate in the country, as I said before, second. Apparently…”

“Maryland has one of the highest density levels on urban interstate in the country, as I said before, second. Apparently, New Jersey is first. The Baltimore-Washington region interstates are the second most congested in the Nation. Now, my colleagues can appreciate this because they are here in Washington and they have some experience with this highway network I am talking about. We are in the center of the I-95 corridor, the north to south corridor. This corridor generates a huge amount of commercial and passenger traffic. It is adjacent to the Nation's Capital which generates additional commercial and personal through traffic. We are serving not just our own needs but national needs by having a first-rate interstate system here. In fact, we have a disproportionately large responsibility for complex infrastructure projects that need maintenance and rehabilitation. These projects--I-95, the Capitol beltway, the Baltimore beltway, I-70--all carry through traffic generated outside the State of Maryland.”