The Honorable Maryland Governor Larry Hogan
100 State Circle
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Maryland Department of Transportation
Bradley M. Smith, Director of Office of Freight and Multimodalism
7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, MD 21076
email: bsmith9@mdot.state.md.us
SCMAGLEV Project, c/o Suhair Al Khatib
Maryland Transit Administration
6 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
email: salkhatib@mta.maryland.gov
[ENTER DATE]
Dear Governor Hogan,
My name is [ENTER NAME] and I reside at [ENTER ADDRESS]. I am writing to inform you that I oppose the SCMALEV train project for many reasons, including the following:
- There are thousands of people in the path of the SCMAGLEV train who will be adversely impacted by the train either running through or under their homes, by the many years of construction activity and because of the unsightly ventilation facilities that will need to be installed.
- SCMAGLEV is an unproven technology that has never been profitable or successful in any community, especially in the United States (e.g. California’s MAGLEV project).
- Based on the history of MAGLEV trains in the United States and in Japan, residents in Maryland are likely to be stuck with a large tax bill for years to come.
- Maryland already has several train systems that we can use that do not disrupt and destroy the communities along the path that the SCMAGLEV train is proposed to take.
- The SCMAGLEV train will not save any time in commute from Baltimore to District of Columbia when transit time between my home and the train station is taken into account. It will also be much more expensive than commuting by car or MARC.
Thank you for taking the time to review my letter. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you want to discuss this issue further.
Very Truly Yours,
_____________________
[ENTER NAME]
CC:
Additional Addresses and Repreentatives
Maryland Department of Transportation
Bradley M. Smith, Director of Office of Freight and Multimodalism
7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, MD 21076
email: bsmith9@mdot.state.md.us
Paul Nissenbaum, Associate Administrator
Office of Railroad Policy & Development
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
email: OfficeofRPD@dot.gov
Anne Arundel County Executive
Steven R. Schuh Arundel Center
44 Calvert Street
Annapolis, MD 21404-1831
email: sschuh@aacounty.org
Maryland Senator Ben Cardin
509 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
email: https://www.cardin.senate.gov/contact/email-ben
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen
110 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
email: https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Congressman John P. Sarbanes (US House District 3)
2444 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
email: md03ima@mail.house.gov
State Senator James DeGrange, Sr.
James Senate Office Building, Room 101
11 Bladen St.
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
email: james.degrange@senate.state.md.us
Delegate Pamela Beidle
House Office Building, Room 165
6 Bladen St.
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
email: pamela.beidle@house.state.md.us
Delegate Mark Chang
House Office Building, Room 160
6 Bladen St.
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
email: mark.chang@house.state.md.us
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus
House Office Building, Room 162
6 Bladen St. Annapolis, Maryland 21401
email: ted.sophocleus@house.state.md.us
County Council (District 1)
Councilman Peter Smith
44 Calvert Street, 1st Floor
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
email: peter.smith@aacounty.org
Administrator Scott Pruitt
USEPA Headquarters
William Jefferson Clinton Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Mail Code: 1101A
Washington, DC 20460
email: pruitt.scott@epa.gov
EPA Acting Regional Administrator Cecil Rodrigues
US EPA Region 3
Environmental Protection Agency
1650 Arch Street
Mail Code: 3RA00
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
email: rodrigues.cecil@epa.gov
Chairman Milford Wayne Donaldson
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
401 F Street NW, Suite 308
Washington, DC 20001-2637
email: achp@achp.gov
Ms. Mary B. Neumayr
Acting Chief of Staff
Council on Environmental Quality
Executive Office of the President
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20500
email: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Ms. Elizabeth Hughes
Director/State Historic Preservation Officer
Maryland Historical Trust
100 Community Place, 3rd Floor
Crownsville, MD 21032-2023