Overview
- About 41% favor a mix of spending cuts with tax and fee hikes and 41% prefer cuts alone to close the roughly $1.5 billion gap, while about 10% back taxes-only fixes.
- The next legislative session begins Jan. 14, with the governor and key lawmakers saying new taxes are off the table this year.
- State transportation officials now estimate a Key Bridge replacement at about $5.1 billion with opening not expected before 2030.
- Just 25% expect the bridge to return in under five years, while 54% foresee five to ten years, 12% estimate 11–20 years, and 3% say longer.
- Seventy-one percent report the loss of the span has had a great deal or some impact on life in the Baltimore area.