The Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday, July 14 to present the environmental evaluation and proposal to lease,
operate and maintain the new Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center. The
meeting will be held at the Langley Park Community Center, 1500 Merrimac Drive,
Hyattsville, and will begin with an open house starting at 6 p.m. followed by
the hearing starting at 6:30 p.m.
The Maryland Transit
Administration (MTA) is constructing a new local and regional bus transit
center at the Takoma Langley Crossroads, located on the northeast corner of New
Hampshire Avenue (MD 650) and University Boulevard (MD 193). WMATA is proposing
to lease the transit center from MTA, assume responsibility for its operations
and maintenance and relocate several bus stops in the vicinity to the transit
center.
The Langley Park
Community Center is wheelchair accessible. Any individual who requires special
assistance, such as a sign language interpreter or additional accommodation to
participate in the public hearing, or who requires these materials in an
alternate format, should contact Danise Peña at 202-962-2511 or TTY:
202-962-2033 as soon as possible. For language assistance, such as an
interpreter or information in another language, please call 202-962-2582 at
least 48 hours prior to the public hearing date.
The Langley Park
community Center is accessible by Metrobus lines C2, C4, F8, J4, K6 and K9.
More information is available
on WMATA’swebsite.
