In a interview by Candy Thomson of the Baltimore Sun, new Transportation Secretary Jim Smith is asked some very specific questions about the broad range of transportation spending in Maryland.  Questions focus on funding for the purple line, the backlog of projects in the Baltimore area, Sparrows Point, and a third span for the Bay Bridge.

Secretary Smith is a former Baltimore County Executive and MACo President. According to the article:

…he took the job because of an infusion of $4.4 billion tied to passage this year of a comprehensive transportation revenue bill and because he has long known and admired many of the professionals who now work for him.