Welcome to Citizens Against Beltway Expansion

Raise Your Voice Against

I-495/I-270 Luxury Lanes

The Deadline is November 9

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• Click for help commenting on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the invasive $11 billion tollway plan.

• Volunteer for our grassroots Get-Out-The Comments campaign

• Read the latest comments from your state and local elected officials, M-NCPPC, Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, Union of Concerned Scientists, Maryland Sierra Club, CABE, civic groups, and your neighbors.

$49.63 rush hour tolls on I-270 likely, says Metro Council of Governments study

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Portland, OR pulls out of P3 tollway plan

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Federal planning commission floats redo of I-495/I-270 draft Environmental Impact Statement!

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MD General Assembly Members'

Slam  I-495/I-270 DEIS

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I-270 Free Lanes Faster Without Toll Lanes, MDOT Draft Environmental Impact Study

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Luxury Lane Draft EIS Busted by Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission

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The Fatally Flawed Scheme to Outsource Md.’s Highways to Toll-Road Profiteers -- Maryland Matters

Stop $2 billion WSSC rate hike

for Luxury Lane construction!

Tell them No!

News, Legislation, Resources, Yard Signs & Flyers, Events

Why CABE Opposed $11 Billion For-Profit Tollways on I-495/I-270

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MD is pushing an $11 billion public-private partnership (P3) to expand I-495 and I-270 for as many as four for-profit tollways. They claim it will end rush hour congestion without costing taxpayers a dime. Here's the truth:

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• Luxury Lanes depend on bad traffic congestion to make a profit.

• P3s's depend on billions in taxpayer aid, despite claims the private investors will pay for 100% of the cost. (Just look at the Purple Line.)

• $28 - 48 rush hour tolls were charged (pre-COVID) on Northern Virginia's I-495 and I-66 Luxury Lanes.

• The plan will likely worsen pollution, stormwater runoff, and local traffic.

CABE is pushing back. We're a coalition of civic associations, taxpayers, and other organizations demanding better, affordable commuter options for suburban Maryland.

Join CABE today.

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See what MDOT's latest tollway plan will do to your yard & neighborhood.

Click on MDOT's interactive map

Connect with CABE

Citizens Against Beltway Expansion

P.O. Box 3593

Silver Spring, MD 20918

301-587-1494

495CABE@gmail.com