(II) DESIGNATED AS AN EXPRESSWAY BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 1999,
BUT FOR WHICH DESIGN AND ENGINEERING FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN ENCUMBERED.

(2) BEFORE DESIGNATING ANY PART OF A STATE HIGHWAY AS AN
EXPRESSWAY, THE ADMINISTRATION;

(I) SHALL NOTIFY THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH COUNTY AND
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE DESIGNATION AND
PROVIDE THE OFFICIALS REPRESENTING GOVERNING BODIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET AND CONFER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE
PROPOSED DESIGNATION; AND

(II) WITHIN A REASONABLE PROXIMITY TO THE AREA AFFECTED BY
THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION;

1. SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING, TO
PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE DESIGNATION,
THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS IN RELATION TO THE HIGHWAY, AND THE EXPECTED
IMPACT OF THE DESIGNATION ON THE COMMUNITY; AND

2. NOT LESS THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE PUBLIC
INFORMATIONAL MEETING, SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED
DESIGNATION TO AFFORD INTERESTED PARTIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT ORAL
TESTIMONY AND WRITTEN COMMENTS.

(3) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED
DESIGNATION OF A STATE HIGHWAY AS AN EXPRESSWAY AND THE TIME AND PLACE
OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IN AT LEAST
ONE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE AREAS AFFECTED BY THE
PROPOSED DESIGNATION AT LEAST 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE:

(I) PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING REQUIRED UNDER
PARAGRAPH (2)(II)1 OF THIS SUBSECTION; AND

(II) PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (2)(II)2 OF
THIS SUBSECTION.

(4) THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE SATISFIED
THROUGH THE PUBLIC NOTICE PROVIDED, AND THE PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL
MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD, AS PART OF THE PROJECT PLANNING
PHASE AS DEFINED IN § 8-610 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

[(b)] (C) (1) If an existing highway is designated as an expressway and a
property abutting the expressway is not served by any other reasonable access to
another public road, the Administration may acquire the right of any owner of the
property to access to or from the abutting land to or from the expressway by:

(i) Closing any existing access; or

(ii) Limiting the right of the owner to construct any new access or to
enlarge or extend any existing access.