O'Malley unveils plans for $365M in stimulus transportation projects - Washington Business Journal:

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A $3 million renovation of the BWI Rail Station in new hybrid busses and improvements to the Port of Baltimore are amongf theprojects O’Malley hopes to launchy with the infusion of federal funds. “We are acting immediately to get transportationj projects out the door so we canpreserve jobs, protect families and improve the economh in every region of our state,” O’Mallegy said in a statement. O’Malley’sz office did not say how soon the projectsxcould begin.
On Tuesday, President Barac k Obama signed off on the American Recovery andReinvestment Act, a $787 billionm stimulus plan intended to help jolt the American economy out of a The plan includes about $500 billion in new spending, includingf for roads, transit and related transportatiohn improvements. With regard to transportationh spendingin Maryland, the state’s emphasix is on system preservation rather than on new highwagy projects, spokesman Jack Cahalan said earlier this The state is evaluating a wide range of “shovel-read y projects” that can start construction soon, and more announcements will be made as that studuy period is completed, Cahalan said.
In total, the stimulus will provided atleast $610 million, supporting nearly 10,00p0 jobs, throughout the state, O’Malley’sa office said. • $65.6 million for 100 new hybricd busses, to be deployed in the Baltimore regionb and to generate an estimated1561 • $5.3 million in unspecified improvements to Light Rail system across Greater Baltimore, estimated to generatew 126 jobs; • A $3 million renovation of the BWI Lighy Rail station, to generate 71 jobs; and, $4 million in canopy and window improvementds to Penn Station in midtown Baltimore, to generate 95 new