Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 20:06:09 EST Message-ID: \SE A;METROPOLITAN;LOCAL ROUNDUP;MARYLAND S=NEW STORY Interstate 270 to introduce HOV lanes Montgomery County commuters could be using restricted car-pool lanes on Interstate 270 as early as 1995 under a proposal by Maryland highway officials. The car-pool lanes, which would be restricted to vehicles with at least two persons during rush hours, would be the first major use of high-occupancy-vehicle lanes in Maryland, State Highway Administrator Hal Kassoff said. The lanes would be built between the Beltway and Clarksburg in the northern part of the county. Mr. Kassoff said the lanes are justified because projected traffic growth would overwhelm the lanes after construction to widen the spurs between I-270 and the Capital Beltway is completed. The west spur of I-270 has an average of 83,200 vehicles a day. That number is projected to climb to 142,350 by the year 2015. S=NEW STORY Tuition increase set for Maryland The University of Maryland System's Board of Regents voted Friday to raise tuition at seven campuses in the spring and at all 11 system campuses in the fall. Because of a deficit this year, the university system will raise full-time undergraduate tuition this spring for Maryland residents by between 3 percent and 6.1 percent, depending on the campus. Tuition for nonresidents will be raised by 1.5 percent to 7.5 percent. The spring increase will raise nearly $6 million to maintain the quality of instruction, said Anne Moultrie, spokeswoman for the system. At College Park, the system's flagship campus, full-time undergraduates claiming Maryland residency will pay $1,514 for spring tuition and mandatory fees. That's $125 more than the fall cost. S=NEW STORY Parts of state lose 301 area code for good Cellular telephone users in some parts of Maryland could be in for a surprise today, when a new area code kicks in for half of the state. People in the new 410 area code who have not taken their mobile phones in for reprogramming - a 15-minute procedure in which the phone's computer-chip "brain" is switched to the new area code - will not receive calls. Also beginning today, callers on any phone who dial eastern Maryland will be told to try their again if they don't use the new area code. The entire state was under the 301 area code, but the 410 code was added a year ago in the eastern part of the state. Both area codes worked until today for the more than 1.1 million Chesapeake & Potomac Cos. customers and nearly 5,000 Armstrong Telephone Co. customers who were put under the 410 area code. Armstrong, which serves part of Cecil County, and C&P are the state's only telephone companies. +++ This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM