Former Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld is one of the most high-profile figures to be nominated by Gov. Wes Moore (D), who took office a week ago and has been assembling his cabinet.
Moore, who unveiled his budget last week, allocated $500 million in additional funding to unspecified transportation projects. He said he wanted to allow his new transportation secretary to prioritize the needs.
As aviation chief, Wiedefeld oversaw Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, including from 2002 to 2005, when it was one of the fastest-growing airports in the country. At the same time, airports were adjusting to the implementation of new Transportation Security Administration checkpoints after the Sept. 11 attacks.
As a former chief executive of Metro, few others on the transit agency’s board would have as much knowledge of its inner workings as Wiedefeld, but it also would create an unusual working arrangement between Randy Clarke — the general manager hired to replace Wiedefeld — and Wiedefeld himself, who would become one of Clarke’s bosses.
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