McLean Contracting Co. v. Maryland Transportation Authority

ALPERT, Judge.

At Walnut Point, just below Curtis Bay, the Baltimore Beltway (U.S. Route 695) crosses Curtis Creek at a drawbridge linking Anne Arundel County to Baltimore City. In April, 1980, appellee, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA), an agency within the Maryland Department of Transportation (DOT), entered into a contract with appellant, McLean Contracting Company (McLean) to construct a second drawbridge at that site.

On October 14, 1982, two months before completing the bridge, McLean submitted a claim for additional compensation under the “equitable adjustment” provision of…