PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 494

Assembly; requiring the Department of Transportation to monitor certain traffic
volumes and work with the Congress and appropriate state and federal officials with
regard to the collection of certain tolls under certain circumstances; and generally
relating to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact.

BY adding to

Article - Transportation

Section 10-301 through 10-303, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 3.

Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows;

Article - Transportation

SUBTITLE 3. WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE AND TUNNEL COMPACT.
10-301.

(A)     IN THE COMPACT SET FORTH IN THIS SUBTITLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT
CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHERWISE, "ARTICLE", "SECTION", AND "TITLE" MEAN AN
ARTICLE, SECTION, AND TITLE, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE COMPACT,

(B)     THE DEFINITIONS IN § 1-101 OF THIS ARTICLE DO NOT APPLY TO THE
COMPACT SET FORTH IN THIS SUBTITLE.

10-302.

ON BEHALF OF THIS STATE, THE GOVERNOR SHALL EXECUTE, WITH THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AN INTERSTATE
COMPACT SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT APPEARS IN § 10-303 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

10-303. TEXT OF THE WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE AND TUNNEL COMPACT.

PREAMBLE

WHEREAS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION IMPOSES SERIOUS ECONOMIC BURDENS IN
THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON, D.C. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA,
COSTING COMMUTERS AN ESTIMATED $1,000 EACH PER YEAR; AND

WHEREAS, THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF COMMUTE IN THE METROPOLITAN
WASHINGTON, D.C. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA IS SECOND ONLY TO
METROPOLITAN NEW YORK, DEMONSTRATING THE SEVERITY OF TRAFFIC
CONGESTION; AND

WHEREAS, THE WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY 70,000
VEHICLES A DAY, BUT CARRIES AN ACTUAL LOAD OF 160,000 PER DAY; AND

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