Ceremony Honors Winners of the Keep Montgomery County Clean and Green Competitions

Ruppert Landscape Company won Award of Excellence for six landscaping projects
throughout Montgomery County. 

MCDOT, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection, announced 61 winners of its 30th annual Keep Montgomery County Clean and Green landscape beautification contest. Others honored were 18 amateur photographers and two Adopt A Road program Clean Sweep Award winners. Read more.

Leggett, Sarbanes, Kittleman, Berliner, Roshdieh and Coalition of Supporters Launch Naming Contest for Bus Rapid Transit System

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett launched the start of a naming contest to brand the County’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, which in the next few years is expected to greatly expand the transportation options available in the County. A broad coalition of supporters attended the event along US 29, which is expected to be the first BRT in the State of Maryland and could serve both Montgomery and Howard counties.  Read more.  

MCDOT Leads the Way with White Flint Projects to Enhance Walkable Streets

Montgomery County has started working on the first of two phases of the White Flint West Workaround transportation project, an effort designed to create a pedestrian-friendly community where residents and visitors can walk to work, shops and transit. The first phase is scheduled to be completed by the end of calendar year 2017. Read more.

PHASE ONE – WESTERN WORKAROUND

MCDOT’s Division of Transportation Engineering is Making Progress on Major Construction Projects

MCDOT’s Division of Transportation Engineering (DTE) designs and constructs transportation systems and infrastructure, including bikeways, sidewalks, transit facilities, ADA ramps, roads and storm drains; inspects, maintains and builds bridges; and acquires property for projects.

DTE has a number of major projects under construction and uses Twitter to keep the public informed about its progress on these efforts, including:

• Maryland 355 Crossing
• Stringtown Road   #StringtownRd
• Elmhirst Parkway Bridge  #Elmhirstpkwy
• Needwood Road Bike Path (Phase I)  #NeedwoodBP1
• White Flint Western Workaround Phase I  #whiteflintwest
•  Hyattstown Sidewalk  #HyattstownSW
• Glenbrook Road Contraflow Bike Lane  #GlenbrookRd
• Gude Road Sidewalk  #GudeSW
• Germantown Road Culvert  #GermantownCulvert
•  Agricultural Farm Road Bridge  #AgFarmbridge
• Snouffer School Road (South)  #Snouffersouth

Tobytown Celebrates Launch of Ride On Bus Service

Tobytown residents held a celebration on November 15 to thank County officials and others for starting a new Ride On bus service, Route 301, that operates between Tobytown Drive in Potomac and Rockville Metro Station. View Mymcmedia’s coverage of the event.  Ride On began charging regular fares on the Route 301 on Monday, November 21. Learn more. 

MCDOT Honors Outstanding Staff at Employee of the Year Awards Ceremony

 Pictured (from left to right) are Parking Division Chief Jose Thomanna,
Veeda Wilkinson and MCDOT Director Al Roshdieh.

On November 15, the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) held an annual recognition for its “best of the best” employees.  Each Division and the Director’s Office nominate candidates and only 30 were chosen out of 1,320 MCDOT employees. In addition, those with 20, 25, 30 and 35 years of service with the County were also honored. Read more.

MCDOT’s Celebration of Parking Day Featured in Parking Professional Magazine

In September, MCDOT observed International PARK(ing) Day by making selected public parking spaces available to be creatively transformed into fun, parklike spots. The successful event was featured in the Parking Professional magazine along with events in other communities. See the full article. MCDOT is featured on page 4.