ARUNDEL DIGEST Cape St. Claire residents may need some extra patience in the coming weeks — in addition to the usual beach traffic, some continuing projects will require drivers to take extra care.

Cape St. Claire Community Association President Beau Breeden recently reminded residents of the work on Cape St Claire Road to remove the large dead oak tree near the intersection of Forest Terrace. This is part of the Cape St. Claire Road Project; in the next step, landscaping crews will plant at the firehouse and along the bike path nearly 1,000 plants and trees required to complete the project.

In addition, an environmental construction company began improving the storm water outflow near Cape St. Claire Park.

Trucks and other construction vehicles will be affecting Cape St. Claire Road over the course of the next three months.

The entrance to the project will be across from the shopping center main entrance, and will be active for the next three to six months during the project.

A county letter to residents about the project says the work will stabilize and restore the channel to the Chesapeake Bay to ensure it meets current codes and standards.

“This will serve to improve the overall functionality of the channel, lower the county’s maintenance costs, and improve the water quality treatment component of the channel which ultimately discharges to the Magothy River,” the letter reads.

The Anne Arundel County Watershed Protection and Restoration Program is a division within the DPW working to improve ecosystem health in the county.

The Project manager is Joe Ports, who can be reached at 410-222-0544 or pwport44@aacounty.org.

Schuh, Pittman report campaign finance progress Both County Executive Steve Schuh and Democratic challenger Steuart Pittman have claimed momentum in their fundraising efforts between January and May, but what do the numbers say? While Schuh is handily beating Pittman in the bank account, with more than $1 million in cash on hand, Pittman raised $211,168 to Schuh’s $268,134 — though it took the county executive about $40,500 in fundraising expenses to do it. Pittman has $265,696.22 cash on hand and listed zero fundraising expenses, though he did spend about $1,000 on credit card processing.

“We are on track to fund the most powerful grassroots campaign in the history of Anne Arundel County,” Pittman said.

But Schuh’s fundraising is no slouch either. His greater cash on hand makes it easier for him to spend money on the campaign. He spent $240,578 compared to Pittman’s $35,404.

— Chase Cook, Baltimore Sun Media Group