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* * Agenda for JUNE 18, 2019 Montgomery County BRAC Integration Committee (BIC) Meeting
* * GO HERE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT METRO STATION CONSTRUCTION & ROAD CLOSINGS FOR THE CROSSING PROJECT!
* * NOTICE: MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, JUNE 17-28, 2019; CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES INSIDE METRO STATION * * NOTICE: MCDOT: CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY INSIDE THE MEDICAL CENTER METRO STATION, BEGINNING ON OR ABOUT MAY 14, 2019! (En Espanol)
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- BACKGROUND INFO
- 5-25-18 Montgomery Community Media: (VIDEO REPORT) Crews Build Underground Metro Connection in Bethesda
- 4-23-18 Bethesda Magazine: Work Underway To Modify Entrance to Downtown Bethesda -- Crews are narrowing the merge lane from Wisconsin Avenue to Woodmont Avenue near the National Institutes of Health
- 7-7-17 MCDOT: Excavation Blasting for the MD 355/Rockville Pike Crossing Project at the Medical Center Metro Station
- BACKGROUND INFO
- NEXT PUBLIC MEETING of the County's BRAC Integration Committee (BIC): JUNE 18, 2019
- Agenda for JUNE 18, 2019 Montgomery County BRAC Integration Committee (BIC) Meeting
- Location: Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda MD 20814
- NOTE: Please contact the County's BRAC Coordinator whenever you have specific issues with BRAC-related construction.
- 6-10-19 SHA NOTICE OF UTILITY RELOCATION AT MD 185 (Conn Ave) @ JONES BRIDGE ROAD
- 6-16-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Parks: Planning Board Authorizes Exchange of Land with Montgomery County, Maryland as Mitigation for the Platt Ridge Drive Extended Project
- 7-10-14 County Planning Board Completes approval process for BRAC-related project to extend Platt Ridge Drive from Jones Bridge Rd to Montrose Drive
- Walter Reed Medical Center to demolish buildings for nearly 7-year reconstruction project (3-22-19 Federal News Metwork 1500 AM Audio Report)
- January 8, 2019. Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) to Hold Public Meeting on Draft Environmentl Assessment & Transportation Study for USUHS Expansion
- Background Info (NOTE: The links in the highlighted notice above are inaccurate. The following links are accurate):
- 8-29-17 Bethesda Magazine: Details Emerging on Purple Line Construction Process -- Georgetown Branch Trail to close ‘relatively soon’
- 9-29-17 Washington Post: What you need to know about the Purple Line’s construction
- 8-29-17 Purple Line Transit Partners: Georgetown Branch Interim Trail (Future Capital Crescent Trail)
- 4-6-17 WMATA: Medical Center Entrance Escalator Replacement -- Metro is beginning the replacement of the three long entrance escalators at the Medical Center Station as part of a major capital project.
- 5-29-19 MCDOT: MD 355 Open House, June 26 & 27, 2019 -- The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is studying options for a new BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) service along MD 355 called FLASH. MCDOT invites you to a public Open House to learn more about FLASH on MD 355 and see the results of the extensive evaluation and preliminary engineering of the alternatives, including ridership, benefits, impacts, and estimated costs.
- SHA CONTACT FORMS (use the "Feedback" Tab when registering comments or questions):
- COMPLETE! 2-27-17 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): Crews Complete MD 355/Cedar Lane Intersection Improvement Project in Bethesda -- Final Touches for BRAC-related Project to Be Completed this Spring
- COMPLETE! 2-27-17 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road) From Beech Avenue to Oakmont Avenue in Bethesda Intersection Reconstruction Project Activity with Sidewalk Closures
- COMPLETE! 6-15-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: SHA to Begin Bethesda Trolley Trail Improvement Project
- COMPLETE! 9-21-16 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): New Traffic Patterm Will Ease Congestion on MD 355 in Bethesda -- Dynamic Control Traffic Signal Will Provide Part-Time Double Left Turns During Afternoon Rush Hour at Jones Bridge Road Intersection
- 1-14-16 Bethesda Magazine: In Reversal, National Institutes of Health Decides to Cap Number of Parking Spots on Bethesda Campus -- After outcry from local elected officials, federal agency says it won’t add more parking spots despite addition of up to 3,000 employees
- 8-10-15 Fort Detrick News Release: Fort Detrick leadership has announced the decision to fence off the a portion of the Ireland Creek Trail located at Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring to protect the public as the Army continues its environmental restoration efforts of the area
- 10-8-15 Government Executive: Intel Community Opens Campus in Suburban Maryland -- Some 3,000 employees of the 17-agency intelligence community have begun switching their commute to report to a “state-of-the-art” campus that opened on Wednesday in Bethesda, Md
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