Maryland legislators criticize Hogan administration's 'phantom' plans for State Center project

Maryland House of Delegates leaders are criticizing the Hogan administration’s attempt to redo plans for a State Center redevelopment in Baltimore while urging the governor to back existing plans favored by nearby communities.

“There is significant concern about a plan to start anew on a phantom project,” Baltimore Del. Maggie McIntosh said in a letter Monday to administration officials. “The community is tired of getting the same ‘short shrift.’ ”

McIntosh’s letter to Hogan’s budget secretary, David R. Brinkley, and other top state officials urged the governor to move ahead with existing plans for the redevelopment.

“To start from scratch at this point would delay any redevelopment for years to come — an outright disservice to the community,” McIntosh said in a letter also signed by Del. Tawanna P. Gaines of Prince George’s County and Del. Adrienne A. Jones of Baltimore

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