Baltimore Sun

State highway officials are planning safety upgrades for the Bel Air Bypass, a stretch of U.S. 1 where a mother and her 8-year-old son were killed last year in a head-on crash.

The State Highway Administration plans to install, by May, rumble strips, reflective markers and new pavement markings to create better separation between the northbound and southbound lanes of the bypass, agency spokesman Dave Buck said yesterday. There are no plans for a concrete barrier between the lanes, as some have called for, but the highway administration is seeking money to put a double-faced guardrail on part of the bypass.

The plan is in response to requests by Sen. Barry Glassman of Harford County, who called for safety improvements after the fatal crash in November.