The COVID Project
Context, not an orderThis record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maryland (all MDTA toll facilities: JFK Memorial Highway (I-95), Fort McHenry Tunnel, Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, Bay Bridge, Nice/Middleton Bridge; E-ZPass Customer Service Centers statewide) · Maryland
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 'In response to Governor Larry Hogan's executive order this morning and to help limit the spread of COVID-19' (recited); MDTA toll powers under Transp. § 4-312
- Issued
- 2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-17 3:00 p.m. (all-electronic tolling); 2020-03-18 (customer service centers closed) (read as 2020-03-17)
- End
- All-electronic tolling made permanent Aug. 6, 2020 (Ex. 106); customer service centers 'operating at limited capacity' as of Aug. 2020 (read as 2020-08-06)
- In force
- Mar. 17, 2020 to Aug. 6, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- all drivers at MDTA toll facilities
- E-ZPass Maryland customers (service centers closed)
- video-toll customers (Notices of Toll Due)
- Functions reached
- DR drivers (I-95 corridor and Chesapeake Bay crossings cashless from Mar. 17, 2020)
- TV travel
- CB customer access (every E-ZPass Maryland customer service center closed)
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT
Operative words
In response to Governor Larry Hogan's executive order this morning and to help limit the spread of COVID-19, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) will initiate statewide all-electronic (cashless) tolling effective at 3 p.m. today until further notice, and will close all E-ZPass Maryland Customer Service Centers effective Wednesday, March 18, until further notice.... All drivers should KEEP MOVING through toll plazas without stopping. Cash payment lanes will operate as video tolling (cashless) lanes. Motorists who usually pay with cash will be mailed a Notice of Toll Due for the cash toll rate... All E-ZPass Maryland Customer Service Centers, including those at MDOT Motor Vehicle Administration branches, will close effective Wednesday, March 18, until further notice.
Enforcement
Notice of Toll Due and civil penalties under Transp. § 21-1414 and COMAR 11.07.05 (penalties and MVA referrals paused during the emergency, Ex. 105)
Notes
Binding statewide toll rule of a State authority adopted the same morning as the Governor's emergency action and never reversed (made permanent Aug. 6, 2020). Authority operating rule implementing a gubernatorial action.
Retrieval noteRendered Wayback capture (Apr. 20, 2020) of mdta.maryland.gov/blog-category/mdta-ne... (banner URL truncated); release dated March 17, 2020 - 2:01pm. The release does not number the Governor's order; the Maryland State file's instrument dated Mar. 17, 2020 is the renewal proclamation (Ex. MD-032).