Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA)

Description: The Maryland State Highway Administration is responsible for managing and operating the roadways in Maryland. MDSHA operates the CHART system.

Stakeholder Groups Associated With:

• Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) 
• Woodrow Wilson Bridge Agencies

Inventory Elements:

• Maryland Woodrow Wilson Bridge Operations Center
• MDSHA CHART SOC

Projects:

• none

Roles and Responsibilities:

Emergency Management
• Receive mayday messages and security alarms, determines an appropriate response, and either uses internal resources or contacts a local agency to provide that response
• Supports coordination of evacuation plans among federal state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation
• Coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses as a risk to security
• Interface with other transportation management agencies to support coordinated emergency response involving multiple agencies
• Maintain centralized emergency management system
• Monitors and detects potential, looming and actual disasters including natural and man-made disasters
• Provide emergency response plans or event plans

Incident Management
• Interface with VDOT NOVA and other transportation agencies to support coordinated emergency/incident response involving multiple agencies on the I-95 Corridor