{"id":10917,"date":"2018-06-08T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10917"},"modified":"2018-06-07T20:06:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T00:06:13","slug":"candidates-take-positions-on-controversial-transportation-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10917","title":{"rendered":"Candidates Take Positions on Controversial Transportation Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Adam Pagnucco.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Suburban Maryland Transportation Alliance<\/a> has released questionnaires completed by County Executive<\/a> and County Council At-Large<\/a> candidates on transportation issues.\u00a0 While many answers are similar \u2013 who doesn\u2019t favor transportation funding? \u2013 others illuminate real differences on specific issues.\u00a0 Drawing on the questionnaires, here are four key projects on which the candidates disagree.\u00a0 (Note: unlisted candidates did not complete the questionnaire.)<\/p>\n

Question: Do you support funding and building the missing link of the Mid-County Highway (M-83) to better connect Clarksburg and other Upcounty communities?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Executive candidates who said yes<\/u><\/p>\n

David Blair<\/p>\n

Robin Ficker<\/p>\n

Rose Krasnow<\/p>\n

Executive candidates who said no<\/u><\/p>\n

Roger Berliner<\/p>\n

Marc Elrich<\/p>\n

George Leventhal<\/p>\n

Council At-Large candidates who said yes<\/u><\/p>\n

Rosemary Arkoian<\/p>\n

Marilyn Balcombe<\/p>\n

Robert Dyer<\/p>\n

Lorna Phillips Forde<\/p>\n

Neil Greenberger<\/p>\n

Ashwani Jain<\/p>\n

Michele Riley<\/p>\n

Council At-Large candidates who said no<\/u><\/p>\n

Gabe Albornoz<\/p>\n

Bill Conway<\/p>\n

Hoan Dang<\/p>\n

Evan Glass<\/p>\n

Seth Grimes<\/p>\n

Will Jawando<\/p>\n

Jill Ortman-Fouse<\/p>\n

Hans Riemer<\/p>\n

Question: Do you support the Maryland Traffic Relief Plan to add new express toll lanes on I-270 while keeping the existing lanes free of charge?<\/strong>\u00a0 (Editor\u2019s note: this question contains a link to Governor Hogan\u2019s proposals for I-270 and I-495<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Executive candidates who said yes<\/u><\/p>\n

Roger Berliner<\/p>\n

Robin Ficker<\/p>\n

Rose Krasnow<\/p>\n

George Leventhal<\/p>\n

Executive candidates who said no<\/u><\/p>\n

David Blair<\/p>\n

Marc Elrich<\/p>\n

Council At-Large candidates who said yes<\/u><\/p>\n

Gabe Albornoz<\/p>\n

Rosemary Arkoian<\/p>\n

Marilyn Balcombe<\/p>\n

Bill Conway<\/p>\n

Hoan Dang<\/p>\n

Robert Dyer<\/p>\n

Lorna Phillips Forde<\/p>\n

Neil Greenberger<\/p>\n

Jill Ortman-Fouse<\/p>\n

Michele Riley<\/p>\n

Council At-Large candidates who said no<\/u><\/p>\n

Seth Grimes<\/p>\n

Ashwani Jain<\/p>\n

Will Jawando<\/p>\n

Other answers<\/u><\/p>\n

Evan Glass did not answer yes or no.\u00a0 He said, \u201cI am not convinced that toll lanes are the correct solution to this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hans Riemer did not answer yes or no.\u00a0 He said, \u201cI support the council\u2019s adopted vision for 270.\u201d<\/p>\n

Question: Do you support the Maryland Traffic Relief Plan (see link above<\/a>) to add new express toll lanes on I-495, keeping the existing lanes free of charge?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Executive candidates who said yes<\/u><\/p>\n

Roger Berliner<\/p>\n

Robin Ficker<\/p>\n

Rose Krasnow<\/p>\n

George Leventhal<\/p>\n

Executive candidates who said no<\/u><\/p>\n

David Blair<\/p>\n

Marc Elrich<\/p>\n

Council At-Large candidates who said yes<\/u><\/p>\n

Gabe Albornoz<\/p>\n

Rosemary Arkoian<\/p>\n

Hoan Dang<\/p>\n

Robert Dyer<\/p>\n

Lorna Phillips Forde<\/p>\n

Neil Greenberger<\/p>\n

Michele Riley<\/p>\n

Council At-Large candidates who said no<\/u><\/p>\n

Bill Conway<\/p>\n

Evan Glass<\/p>\n

Seth Grimes<\/p>\n

Ashwani Jain<\/p>\n

Will Jawando<\/p>\n

Jill Ortman-Fouse<\/p>\n

Hans Riemer<\/p>\n

Other answers<\/u><\/p>\n

Marilyn Balcombe did not answer yes or no.\u00a0 She said, \u201cI don’t think we know all the options for how to expand capacity on 495.\u201d<\/p>\n

Question: Do you support studying the concept of a second Potomac River crossing, north of the American Legion Bridge?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Executive candidates who said yes<\/u><\/p>\n

Robin Ficker<\/p>\n

Executive candidates who said no<\/u><\/p>\n

Roger Berliner<\/p>\n

David Blair<\/p>\n

Marc Elrich<\/p>\n

Rose Krasnow<\/p>\n

George Leventhal<\/p>\n

Council At-Large candidates who said yes<\/u><\/p>\n

Gabe Albornoz<\/p>\n

Rosemary Arkoian<\/p>\n

Marilyn Balcombe<\/p>\n

Robert Dyer<\/p>\n

Lorna Phillips Forde<\/p>\n

Neil Greenberger<\/p>\n

Jill Ortman-Fouse<\/p>\n

Council At-Large candidates who said no<\/u><\/p>\n

Bill Conway<\/p>\n

Hoan Dang<\/p>\n

Evan Glass<\/p>\n

Seth Grimes<\/p>\n

Ashwani Jain<\/p>\n

Will Jawando<\/p>\n

Hans Riemer<\/p>\n

Michele Riley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Adam Pagnucco. The Suburban Maryland Transportation Alliance has released questionnaires completed by County Executive and County Council At-Large candidates on transportation issues.\u00a0 While many answers are similar \u2013 who doesn\u2019t favor transportation funding? \u2013 others illuminate real differences on specific issues.\u00a0 Drawing on the questionnaires, here are four key projects on which the candidates … Continue reading Candidates Take Positions on Controversial Transportation Projects<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[209,492,38],"tags":[2083,1933,1627,2060,1991,1990],"class_list":["post-10917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-council-at-large","category-county-executive","category-transportation","tag-beltway-widening","tag-council-at-large","tag-county-executive","tag-m-83","tag-potomac-bridge","tag-transportation"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2Q5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10917"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10919,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10917\/revisions\/10919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}