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Article: U.S. Urged Not to Speed Road Project Study in Md.; Connector Opponents Want Full Environmental Review
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- The Washington Post
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- December 20, 2002
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Opponents of an intercounty connector are urging the federal
government to reject requests by Montgomery County Executive Douglas
M. Duncan (D) and Gov.-elect Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) to streamline
the environmental review of the Maryland highway project.
Montgomery Council member Philip Andrews (D-Rockville), a
connector opponent, wrote U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y.
Mineta on Dec. 12, saying the proposed highway linking Interstates
270 and 95 would cause too much damage to be considered in an
expedited study.
Andrews said yesterday that the Bush administration's recent moves
to ease restrictions on logging, power plants and oil drilling show