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of police escorts. The cost of a police
escort dropped, too.
Thomas explained that the permit-
ted loads have unusual requirements. An
example would be oddly shaped, gigantic
cargo, such as windmill blades, generators
or mining equipment.
City and State officials have programmed
acceptable routes and times into the system.
But if engineering input is needed, then the
City still must review the route.
“The City is loaded with conduits
and tunnels, so they have to be careful,”
Czorapinski said. “And if it’s a high load,
more then 13-feet, 6-inches tall, then you
start getting into overhead traffic signals
needing to be moved and things like that.”
But, he added, if subsequent loads are all
the same — for example, more shipments
of windmill blades — then the state can
provide the permits for those loads.
While praising the efforts of Baltimore
City Deputy Director of Transportation
Jamie Kendrick, Maj. Anthony Brown
of the Baltimore City Police, and then-
Maryland Transportation Authority Chief
of Police Marcus Brown, Thomas added,
“We’re starting to reap the benefits now.
We’re seeing a lot more of this oversized
cargo in our Port.”
Commending all of the people who
took part in what was a lengthy process,
Ross noted, “It has been a positive step
— it’s been to the advantage of both the
shipping companies and the trucking com-
pany as well as to the Port.”
The payoff is measured not just in
improved efficiency, but in more business
for the Port.
“Over the last six months, we have
noticed more of these superloads on our
terminals, and that means we are ensur-
ing that Baltimore remains a competitor
in securing these over-dimensional loads,”
Scurti said. “This is good business for the
Port of Baltimore as it provides more jobs for
the men and women that work in the Port.”
Scurti also recognized an additional
benefit. “Often with these larger, over-
dimensional loads, there are many other
truckloads [not requiring a permit] that
follow this cargo into the Port, and we
are now capturing that cargo as well,”
he said. “Again, none of this would have
been possible without the cooperation
of the Baltimore City Police, Baltimore
City’s Department of Transportation and
the State Highway Administration.”
