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SHA repairs and cleaning of concrete under Route 50 bridge will lead to restricted ingress and egress at times into next year. — PAGE 3
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Sign design OC bike week bail-out? caught in With promoter OC Jams LLC out of the picture, the future of one Ocean City’s color bind biggest events of the year depends on city officials finding someone to take Ocean City Elementary School student Sara Preziosi, a shoveful of dirt in hand, pitches in with her fellow second-graders in Amy Burbage’s class for an Arbor Day tree-planting event held April 25 on school grounds.
over. One local company will make its pitch Monday — PAGE 12
County smacked with new unfunded mandate from Md. — PAGE 14 AGH, TidalHealth leaders make planned merger official — PAGE 10
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The eastern portion of the Route 50 bridge is pictured in February when maintenance work resulted in routine lane closures.
Lane closures on Route 50 bridge likely for summer By Bethany Hooper Associate Editor (May 2, 2025) The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) reports lane closures will continue on the Route 50 bridge through next summer. While work on the signals and machinery room are now complete, SHA spokesperson Danny Allman said motorists can expect lane closures to continue on the Harry W. Kelley Memorial Bridge through June 2026 as the agency begins concrete work. When reached for comment this week, Ocean City Public Works Director Hal Adkins called the move “illogical,” noting the impacts such closures would have on traffic as the city enters its summer season. “We, public works, strive annually to complete all of our major roadway work prior to Memorial Day Weekend and SHA, historically speaking, did so themselves having recognized the severe inconvenience it poses to our traffic if lane closures are permitted to continue into the summer,” he said. In January, SHA began an extenSee OFFICIALS Page 6
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