To date, a total of $277.0 million in FHWA Emergency Relief (ER) funds have been made available to the project ($60.0 million in Quick Release ER funds and $217.0 million in additional Congress-appropriated ER funds). Of the total $60 million Quick Release ER funds, $53.3 million has been drawn to date. The remaining Quick Release ER funds and additional $217 million of ER funds are anticipated to be reimbursed over the next six months. Release of ER funds by FHWA requires MDTA to submit a Detailed Damage Inspection Report (DDIR) periodically to provide updates for funding needs. The most recent version of the DDIR was submitted to the FHWA Maryland Division office in June 2025, which requested Congress allocate $739,433,686.00 of federal ER funds to the project. This request is based on the estimated project cash flow over the next 18 months. It is expected that these funds will be made available to the project over the next six months, however that is not certain and is at the discretion of Congress. To date, $217.0 million of this funding request was approved by Congress in September 2025. MDTA and SHA teams have mapped out the expected workflow for processing project invoices and reimbursement requests on a set frequency to ensure consistent and timely reimbursement of funds.
The next version of the DDIR, which may request additional funding, is scheduled to be submitted to FHWA in January 2026.
Material Changes to the Project Schedule and Cost
The lifecycle of a major highway bridge project begins with planning, environmental reviews and permitting followed by preliminary engineering. Risk-based cost estimation is performed during this preliminary design phase, and it typically utilizes FHWA’s Cost and Schedule Risk Assessment (CSRA) process. This process incorporates probabilistic methods to establish cost confidence levels. Throughout the project lifecycle – from preliminary engineering to construction – cost, schedule, financial plans and project management plans guide project delivery, with continuous refinement and oversight. On November 18, 2025, MDTA released updated estimates for cost and schedule for the Project based upon the pre-construction activities, updated datapoints and advanced design efforts (See Appendix for FSK update materials presented to MDTA board meeting). On November 25, 2025, MDTA’s Board approved an updated financial forecast to include the cost estimate range of $4.3- $5.2 billion with an anticipated open-to-traffic date in late 2030. Phase 1 Phase 1 services include development of preliminary plans, design reports, performance requirements for Final Design, specifications for construction, development of inspection and maintenance procedures of the unique and complex bridge features, perform community outreach and solicit public input, complete necessary field explorations, surveys, and subsurface investigations, OPCC and BPP cost estimates, and establish parameters for the Phase 2 packages. Scope of Work for Phase I did not include pile load tests, since design information required for estimating the cost for this work was not available at the time of the proposal for Phase 1.
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