The work that Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance is doing to oppose the Bay Bridge Crossing is fully funded by members and donors. We need your contributions. The generosity of members and donors fully funds the work that Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance is doing to oppose the Bay Bridge Crossing. We have already engaged consultants and attorneys and launched a communications and advertising campaign. The cost of fighting to prevent a third crossing through Kent County is expensive. If one of the five corridors through Kent County is selected, the cost to stop it will be enormous. Please give today to protect our homes, open space, prime farmland and critical wildlife habitat.
Donate to KCPA
Kent Conservation And Preservation Alliance
503 Washington Ave #256
Chestertown, MD 21620
www.kentalliance.org/donate-now
Write to your Local Government Officials
Writing to any of those in the government that are supposed to be representing your interests is a high priority. Below we have provided you with contact information and a sample letter that you can use as a model to express your own personal point of opposition. (Scroll to bottom of page to see sample letter)
Governor Larry Hogan
100 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
https://governor.maryland.gov/contact-the-governor
Stephen Schatz, Deputy Chief Of Staff Governor Hogan
Office Of The Governor
State House
Annapolis, MD 21401
stephen.schatz@maryland.gov
Senator Stephen Hershey, Jr.
420 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
steve.hershey@senate.state.md.us
Delegate Steven Arentz
308 House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, Md 21401
steven.arentz@house.state.md.us
Delegate Jefferson Ghrist
430 House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, Md 21401
jeff.ghrist@house.state.md.us
Delegate Jay Jacobs
321 House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, Md 21401
jay.jacobs@house.state.md.us
Write to your Federal Government Officials
United States Senator Benjamin Cardin
509 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
www.cardin.senate.gov/contact
United States Senator Chris Van Hollen
110 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
www.vanhollen.senate.gov/contact/email
Congressman Andy Harris
Longworth House Office Building, 1533
Washington, DC 20515
www.harris.house.gov/contact
Write to your Maryland Transportation Authority and Maryland Transportation Officials
Ms. Heather Lowe, Project Manager
Maryland Transportation Authority
2310 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224
hlowe@mdta.state.md.us
Ms. Melissa Williams, Mdta Director Of Planning And Program Development
Maryland Transportation Authority
2310 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224
mwilliams9@mdta.state.md.us
Secretary Of Transportation Pete Rahn
7201 Corporate Center Drive
Hanover, MD 21076
secretary@mdot.state.md.us
Bay Crossing Study
2301 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224
www.baycrossingstudy.com/public-involvement/submit-comments
Sample Letter (For the most impact, please personalize this sample letter with your own thoughts that are important to you.)
As a resident of Kent County, I am adamantly opposed to a third span of the Bay Bridge linking us to Baltimore and the resulting highway slicing through our homes, agricultural fields, preserved land and historic landscapes. The construction of a major six to eight lane highway through our county would dramatically alter its unique character and upend the quality of life for those of us who have chosen to remain where we were born and raised or moved here from more congested areas.
I notice that the MDTA has made no mention of a No Build option which is required by law. Furthermore, rather than spending billions on a new bridge, I urge that serious consideration be given to congestion toll pricing options, requiring only electronic tolls, alternate traffic patterns, and all forms of mass transit, including ferries, coupled with major improvements to the current spans.
The destruction of open space, farmland, waterfowl habitat and homes across hundreds of acres to alleviate traffic for 25 days during the summer is unjustifiable. Any student of transportation knows that new roads bring induced traffic and more congestion. The congestion that commuters have experienced since the widening of I 270, the Beltway and many other roads proves that more roads result in more not less time spent stuck in traffic.
Smart, visionary leaders are looking beyond the traditional and failed solution of building more highways to solve traffic problems. The driving patterns and kinds of cars will be dramatically different in 20 to 30 years. While it is impossible to predict the future, using models and surveys from the past is a monumental mistake.
A majority of the citizens of Kent County are opposed to a planned third span to and a highway on the Eastern Shore and specifically through our county. I am hopeful that our leaders will listen to the people and plan for our future with a vision to protect our homes, open space, prime farmland, historic landscape and critical habitat for waterfowl.
We need to develop a creative and foresighted transportation model and to do that I believe we need your help.