Join thousands of participants around the Washington metropolitan region on September 20 to 22 as they celebrate Car Free Days events. Pledge to go car free online on one of those days and automatically be entered for prizes and giveaways, including an Apple iPad.
On Friday, September 20, Montgomery County Commuter Services will host Car Free Day events from 6:30 to 9 a.m. at the Silver Spring, Friendship Heights, Bethesda, Grosvenor and Shady Grove Metrorail Stations.
Continue the celebration on Saturday, September 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. by joining Commuter Services at the FreshFarm Farmer’s Market on Ellsworth Drive between Fenton Street and Georgia Avenue in Downtown Silver Spring.
Stop by both events to receive information about alternative commute options and enter prize drawings to win a Kindle, a SmarTrip card with $200 value and other prizes.
More information is available online. (From Better Ways to Work)
Friday, August 30, 2013
SHA Begins Resurfacing Project on MD355
The State Highway Administration (SHA) has begun a $2.6 million safety and resurfacing project on MD355 (Wisconsin Avenue) between MD191 (Bradley Boulevard) and Montgomery Avenue in Bethesda. Weather permitting, work should be completed next fall.
SHA will:
Beginning next spring, crews may also close up to two lanes in both directions of MD355 for resurfacing overnight, Sunday through Thursday, between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., weather permitting.
SHA will maintain pedestrian access within the work zone. Residents and travelers are advised that equipment used for construction can be loud and disruptive. (source: State Highway Administration press release)
SHA will:
- Improve drainage to help prevent standing water on the roadway;
- Construct American with Disabilities (ADA) compliant sidewalk and sidewalk ramps and construct new curbs and gutters; and
- Upgrade traffic signals with new mast arms, signal heads, audible pedestrian signals, and countdown pedestrian signals at the intersections of MD355 and Montgomery Avenue, Elm Street and Bethesda Avenue.
Beginning next spring, crews may also close up to two lanes in both directions of MD355 for resurfacing overnight, Sunday through Thursday, between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., weather permitting.
SHA will maintain pedestrian access within the work zone. Residents and travelers are advised that equipment used for construction can be loud and disruptive. (source: State Highway Administration press release)
Monday, July 29, 2013
Leggett Celebrates Completion of Shady Grove Access Bike Path
Bike Path Will Enhance Smart Growth Initiative Transforming the Area
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett celebrated the completion of the Shady Grove Access Bike Path that provides a safe pathway to the Shady Grove Metro Station for bicyclists and pedestrians and a connection to other area sidewalks and bikeways.By improving access to transit, residents may be encouraged to travel by bike in conjunction with buses, Metro and walking.
The new, 10-foot bike path extends 4,700 feet from Shady Grove Road to Redland Road along the east side of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Metro Access Road. Included in the project is a bikeway ramp from the new bike path to an existing bikeway on Crabbs Branch Way. To enhance safety, a pedestrian-activated traffic signal was installed at the crossing to the Metro station.
Update on Road Maintenance Projects
Several new road maintenance projects by the Division of Highway Services are beginning in local subdivisions.
Paving projects, in which crews will resurface the local streets with hot mix asphalt:
Work to replace the first culvert was completed this month. The second culvert will be replaced later this summer after its design is approved by the environmental agencies. During culvert replacement, the road will temporary close for about two weeks.
For more information on resurfacing projects throughout the County, visit the Division of Highway Services’ website or call 311 (TTY, call 301-251-4850), Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Paving projects, in which crews will resurface the local streets with hot mix asphalt:
- To begin in August, Fernwood Road in Bethesda from Rockledge Drive to Democracy Boulevard. Paving should take eight weeks to complete, weather permitting, and occur between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Bonifant Road in Colesville from Layhill Road to New Hampshire Avenue. Paving should take eight weeks to complete, weather permitting, and occur between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Begun in July, Peach Tree Road in Barnesville from Darnestown Road to Old Hundred Road.
- Beginning in August, the entire length of Lloyd Road in Travilah from Glen Mill Road to its dead end. Work is expected to take three to four weeks, weather permitting, and occur between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Beginning in late July, the Rock Creek Manor community in Rockville.
Work to replace the first culvert was completed this month. The second culvert will be replaced later this summer after its design is approved by the environmental agencies. During culvert replacement, the road will temporary close for about two weeks.
For more information on resurfacing projects throughout the County, visit the Division of Highway Services’ website or call 311 (TTY, call 301-251-4850), Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
MCDOT Installs New Sidewalk along Seven Locks Road
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Division of Transportation Engineering recently installed 1.25 miles of new sidewalk along Seven Locks Road. In response to a request from the president of the Montgomery Square Civic Association, MCDOT replaced a series of asphalt and dirt paths between Montrose Road and Tuckerman Lane. This project included installing ADA-compliant ramps at intersections and a new, five-foot-wide concrete sidewalk.
The sidewalk, costing about $270,000, provides a safe and convenient pedestrian connection to synagogues, churches, retail stores and other activity centers. The Division of Highway Services is also resurfacing this segment of Seven Locks Road. They will mill and patch the pavement where needed, apply a layer of hot mix asphalt, then re-stripe the road.
More information on sidewalk or roadway projects is available on the County’s website.
The sidewalk, costing about $270,000, provides a safe and convenient pedestrian connection to synagogues, churches, retail stores and other activity centers. The Division of Highway Services is also resurfacing this segment of Seven Locks Road. They will mill and patch the pavement where needed, apply a layer of hot mix asphalt, then re-stripe the road.
More information on sidewalk or roadway projects is available on the County’s website.
Construction of Century Boulevard Extension
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s Division of Transportation Engineering began construction of an extension to Century Boulevard in Germantown in July. About a half-mile of road will be added from Century Boulevard’s endpoint south of Oxbridge Road to the road’s intersection with the future extension of Dorsey Mill Road. A bike path, sidewalk, retaining wall and street lighting are part of the project.
Construction will take about 15 months. Work will occur Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with occasional Saturday work to make up for weather delays. No lane closures are expected, alternate routes for pedestrians and drivers will be provided, and side streets and driveways will remain accessible.
Construction will take about 15 months. Work will occur Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with occasional Saturday work to make up for weather delays. No lane closures are expected, alternate routes for pedestrians and drivers will be provided, and side streets and driveways will remain accessible.
Road Rehabilitation Begins in Franklin Knolls
The Franklin Knolls community is the latest neighborhood to benefit from the Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s (MCDOT) Residential Road Rehabilitation program.
In response to County Executive Ike Leggett’s call for a more systematic approach to maintaining the County’s transportation infrastructure, MCDOT biennially assesses the condition of every County road. Franklin Knolls, located in Silver Spring just north of Takoma Park, had many streets rated very poor. The rehabilitation project will renew seven lane miles of concrete and asphalt and provides the option for residents to make concrete repairs on their property at reduced cost.
In the residential road rehabilitation program, MCDOT does not widen or alter the character of the streets and, during construction, takes special care to preserve the trees in the right-of-way. Contractors remove and replace defective curbs or sidewalks, conduct full depth pavement patching and repave the streets with hot mix asphalt.
Rehabilitation is expected to wrap up this fall. More information about the project is available on the County’s website.
In response to County Executive Ike Leggett’s call for a more systematic approach to maintaining the County’s transportation infrastructure, MCDOT biennially assesses the condition of every County road. Franklin Knolls, located in Silver Spring just north of Takoma Park, had many streets rated very poor. The rehabilitation project will renew seven lane miles of concrete and asphalt and provides the option for residents to make concrete repairs on their property at reduced cost.
In the residential road rehabilitation program, MCDOT does not widen or alter the character of the streets and, during construction, takes special care to preserve the trees in the right-of-way. Contractors remove and replace defective curbs or sidewalks, conduct full depth pavement patching and repave the streets with hot mix asphalt.
Rehabilitation is expected to wrap up this fall. More information about the project is available on the County’s website.
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