Plans for long-awaited MARC bridge at Halethorpe Station near fruition

State transportation officials announced plans Thursday for a long-awaited bridge over Halethorpe?s MARC tracks, hoping to end commuters? perilous attempts to scurry across the tracks to get to the other side.

Deputy state transportation secretary Jim Ports said the administration has completed negotiations with Amtrak, which also uses the railroad and, according to him, thwarted the project?s progress for several years.