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Public Safety Chiefs Urge
Public to “Be Safer this Holiday Season;” Be Safe, Be Seen, Be
Responsible
Police
Chief Tom Manger and Fire Chief Scott Goldstein urged community members
to “Be Safer this Holiday Season,” and to “Be Seen, Be Alert,
and Be Responsible.” As of November 24, there have been 33 fatal
traffic collisions in Montgomery County in which 34 people lost their
lives. Read more.
Leggett Announces County
Priorities for 2016 Legislative Session that Includes Funding for
Transportation Projects
Montgomery
County Executive Ike Leggett released his list of County priorities for
the 2016 legislative session that begins in January. He identified
transportation as one of the County’s critical needs. Read more.
Department of Liquor Control
Promotes Local Designated Driving Program “Be My Designated Driver”
In
an effort to help prevent drunk driving in Montgomery County, the
Department of Liquor Control (DLC) is partnering with a local transportation
service to offer $20 gift cards towards a designated driver this
holiday season. Read more.
Leggett Announces January
Forums to Get Public Input on FY17 County Operating Budget
Montgomery
County Executive Ike Leggett has announced the dates, times, and places
of five budget forums to be held throughout the County in January. The
forums, held every year by Leggett to get public feedback on the
upcoming County operating budget, are free and open to all. Input
from the forums informs development of the County’s operating budget.
The County Executive will release his Recommended Operating Budget on
March 15 for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2016. Read more.
Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
Planned for East County
The Montgomery
County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), the East County
Regional Service Center and Montgomery County
Police hosted a community stakeholder meeting to discuss plans for
a Pedestrian Road Safety Audit/Study in the North White Oak/Burnt Mills
area along Longwood Drive, from Oak Leaf to Stewart Lane. Read more.
MDOT/SHA Continues Project
on MD 650 to Improve Safety and Resurface the Road
The
Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration
continues work on a $3 million,one-mile safety and resurfacing
project on MD 650 (New Hampshire Avenue) from north of Merrimac
Drive to Metzerott Road. Read more.
WSSC Begins Further Repairs
on Water Main that Ruptured Last Month along MD 355
Beginning
December 1, (weather permitting), the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission (WSSC) began comprehensive repairs to a water main
along MD 355 (Rockville Pike) between the ramps to I-495 (Capital
Beltway) and the MD 355 Cedar Lane/West Cedar Lane intersection. Read more.
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