* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Pinkett
A Resolution Entitled
A Council Resolution concerning
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Informational Hearing - Proposed Replacement of the Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel
For the purpose of requesting that representatives from the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, and the Maryland and City Departments of Transportation appear before the City Council to discuss the proposed B&P tunnel replacement project and what its costs and benefits will be for both Baltimore as a whole and the neighborhoods that are being asked to host the project.
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The 144-year-old Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) Tunnel in West Baltimore, located between the West Baltimore MARC Station and Penn Station along Amtrak’s busy Northeast Corridor is used by Amtrak and MARC passenger trains, as well as some Norfolk Southern Railway freight trains. According to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), this nearly century and half old tunnel requires substantial maintenance and repairs, does not meet current design standards, and is approaching the end of its useful life with regard to its physical condition. The FRA has also determined that the tunnel is functionally obsolete, unable to meet current and future rail demands due to its vertical and horizontal track alignment while serving as a bottleneck at a critical point in the Northeast Corridor, impairing operations of the most heavily-traveled rail line in the United States
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