Gov. O’Malley wants to spend $11 million to improve Broening Highway, an important access road for the Port of Baltimore.

He announced Tuesday morning that he had added the project to the state’s transportation plan that runs from July through 2013. The project is intended to ease truck transportation to and from the port, and improve the connection with Interstate 95, O’Malley said.

No word on plans for the port’s highest-profile project, a deepening of the berth at Seagirt Marine Terminal. That project will take awhile to get moving because it’s expected to cost up to $130 million. Port officials are looking for a public-private partnership to get that one off the ground. (subscriber-only link)