MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1773

Whereas, There are no freeways from Maryland into the center
of the District of Columbia upon which planning and engineering are
presently proceeding; and

Whereas, The Federal Highway Administration has recently
added the Baltimore-Washington Expressway into the federal inter-
state system without providing adequately for the traffic volumes at
connections of the right lanes of I-95 under construction and the
four lanes of the present Baltimore-Washington Expressway between
the Baltimore and Capital Beltways; and

Whereas, There is present and urgent need for improvements to
other parts of the interstate highway system in the State of Mary-
land, such as I-70 from the Capital Beltway to Frederick, Maryland;
now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Mary-
land State Roads Commission be requested to study the need, feasi-
bility and priority of adding the Baltimore-Washington Expressway
into the interstate highway system and report thereon to the General
Assembly on or before February 1, 1970; and be it further

Resolved, That the State of Maryland not accept or otherwise act
upon the federal government action in adding the Baltimore-Wash-
ington Expressway into the interstate system until on or before
March 31, 1970; and be it further

Resolved, That a copy of this Joint Resolution be sent to the
Maryland State Roads Commission.

* This resolution was not approved by the Governor.

No. 47*
(House 'Joint Resolution 77)

House Joint Resolution requesting the Maryland State Roads Com-
mission to study the need, feasibility and priority of adding the
Baltimore-Washington Expressway into the interstate highway
system,. and that no action be taken to add the Baltimore Washing-
ton Expressway into the interstate highway system before March

31, 1970.

Whereas, The Maryland State Roads Commission is presently
constructing eight lanes of the interstate expressway known as
I-95, between the Baltimore and Capitol Beltways (I-695 and I-495);
and,

Whereas, The portion of I-95 so under construction generally
parallels the existing Baltimore-Washington Expressway; and

Whereas, There are no freeways from Maryland into the center
of the District of Columbia upon which planning and engineering
are presently proceeding; and