Plan is for less ‘highway to nowhere’

Baltimore City and the state are planning to knock down a portion of the Route 40 “highway to nowhere” in West Baltimore as part of a plan to create more parking for commuter train passengers in the area.

The Maryland Transit Administration has gotten $3 million in federal stimulus money to demolish a portion of a ramp between Payson Street and Pulaski streets, which will clear the way for a new parking lot for riders on the West Baltimore MARC Train station. The state also plans to spend about half of a $13 million federal earmark for the MARC system to create the parking lot.