It is the job of the Transportation and Capital Infrastructure Committee to work with the Resource Stewardship and Visitor Experience Committee to help realize the desired visitor experience.
The co-Chairs are Richard Hall, Maryland Department of Planning and Leif Dormsjo, Maryland Department of Transportation.
Major accomplishments to date
- The Commission, NPS, Baltimore County government, Department of Natural Resources, and local community groups are working together to coordinate the development of more than a dozen projects on the North Point peninsula, including a Heritage Greenway Trail. The concept plan will be included in the joint Trail/Byway management plan.
- The Town of Bladensburg is pursuing funding to complete and implement a Green Street Plan for Bladensburg Road and the Anacostia waterfront. The street overlaps with the route taken by British troops during the Battle of Bladensburg and several War of 1812 sites will be incorporated into the plan. The project is expected to be completed by August 2014.
- The Commission, Maryland Transportation Authority, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Maryland Commission on Public Art will be coordinating efforts for a large-scale interpretive installation at the Francis Scott Key (FSK) Bridge (I-695/MD 151) as part of the Star-Spangled Banner Byway/National Historic Trail. A solicitation of artists’ qualifications is due to the Public Art Commission in December 2010. The project is expected to be completed by June 2012.
- In August 2010, the U.S. Navy, the Maryland Historical Trust, and Maryland State Highways Administration completed the Phase I exploration of the Scorpion, a ship of the U.S. Chesapeake Flotilla and the flagship for Commodore Joshua Barney, in the Patuxent River. Federal support, through SAFETEALU and the U.S. Navy, helped to fund the project. Further excavations on the sites are expected in 2011 and 2012.
Meeting notes
Dec.18, 2009
Communications and Marketing
Development and Sponsor Relations
Education and Curriculum
Operations and Management
Programs and Events
Resource Stewardship and Visitor Experience