Beltway Area Indymedia

The notorious Inter-County Connector highway project is now in court, with oral arguments in the first lawsuit being heard Oct 1 and the second lawsuit Oct 29. The judge's decison could mean construction in November-or with appeals could mean three years of delays that could kill the highway good and dead!

The first lawsuit was filed by the Sierra Club, the Audobon Society, Friends of the Earth, and a couple who will lose their home if the highway goes through. It states that NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act, was violated by an inadequate Environmental Impact Statement.

was wondering why it was so difficult to ride a bike in this hot and nasty weather. Well, satellite photos of the East Coast show a nasty cloud of smoke and haze over a large part of the East Coast.

Ozone alone read 121 yesterday for DC, yet the papers spoke only of Code Orange level alerts. There is fine particulates(smoke) and all thiat shit from coal-burning power plants upwind as well to deal with.

The MD State Highway Administration has just awarded a contract for the first phase of ICC contruction. The contract was awarded to "Intercounty Constructors" of Annapolis, MD, a joint venture of Granite Construction Company, Corman Construction Inc and G.A.&F.C. Wagman, Inc.
MD Governor O'Malley was quoted by the SHA as saying "It's time to get to work." Indeed it is-if we want to stop the ICC, it's NOW OR NEVER! This summer is the crucial time to get this contract and all plans ofr ICC contruction stopped in court or revoked in Annapolis.