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JOINT RESOLUTIONS

appropriate management and coordination of the Chesapeake
Bay and its effect on the fragmentation of management and
coordination of the Bay; and be it further

RESOLVED, That it shall examine and evaluate   available

alternative proposals for improved and         effective

coordination in the management of the Bay and its   uses; and
be it further

RESOLVED, That the joint legislative advisory

commission shall, wherever possible, work in close harmony

with the many public and private State, regional, local and
municipal advisory committees and task forces which
currently are studying Bay management and coordination; and
be it further

RESOLVED, That, based upon its appraisal of current
studies and the roles of federal and State, State, regional

and local agencies, and the means of improving coordination

of Bay management, the joint committee commission shall
recommend the most desirable Bay management alternative; and
be it further

RESOLVED, That the Joint Maryland-Virginia Committee
Commission shall report to the General Assemblies of both
states prior to the 1980 session.

Approved May 2, 1978.

No. 13

(Senate Joint Resolution 76)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Governor Ritchie Highway - Baltimore-Annapolis
Transit Corridor

FOR the purpose of requesting the Department of
Transportation to complete a study of Ritchie Highway
and the Baltimore-Annapolis transit corridor and take
appropriate steps to improve the safety and capacity of
Ritchie Highway and travel in the Baltimore—Annapolis
transit corridor; and generally dealing with the
Governor Ritchie Highway.

WHEREAS, The Governor Ritchie Highway presently is the
main and principal link of travel between Baltimore and
Annapolis; and

WHEREAS, Ritchie Highway has been called by many
elected officials and officials of the Maryland Department
of Transportation one of the most dangerous and frustrating