Transportation
West Baltimore Will Get a $700 Million Makeover—Just Not the One It Needs
Advocates have been planning a Red Line light rail for years to increase access to jobs. Governor Hogan has other plans.
Last week, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake his new plan for revitalizing West Baltimore called Project C.O.R.E., a $700 million commitment to, above all things, eradicate blight. He made the announcement in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, the home of Freddie Gray, the young black man whose death while in police custody helped spark the uprising that helped fix the governor’s attention on West Baltimore.
"As I walked the streets of this city, people were repeatedly calling out and begging us to help do something about the blight that is all around them," Hogan said in his announcement. "We have heard your calls for action.”