Montgomery County, MD

This page has chronological updates about the BRAC process, including summaries of discussions and presentations at community meetings.

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Overview of BRAC in Bethesda:

• Map of impacted communities and intersections near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (pdf)
• Overview video of Naval Support Activity-Bethesda, home of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
• Naval Support Activity-Bethesda home page
• Walter Reed National Military Medical Center-Bethesda (WRNMMC) home page
• Go to the Response Page for updates on proposed road, transit and infrastructure improvements to address BRAC impacts, and the Studies & Reports Page for detailed histories of these projects.
   

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

• Summaries of BRAC Integration Committee Meetings 
  • 2018 Meetings scheduled for June 19, Oct. 16,
     
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2017 Committee Meetings:

• October 17, 2017 meeting summary, including transportation project updates  (4 pages)
  • 10-17-17 SHA Update on active Intersection Improvement Projects
  • 10-17-17 Letter from Dan Wheeland, Director, NIH Office of Research Facilities, marking the 10th Anniversary of the BRAC Integration Committee (BIC).
     
  • MD 355 (ROCKVILLE PIKE) CROSSING PROJECT at Medical Center Metro Station:
    • 12-12-16  CROSSING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION NOTICE
    • 10-8-17  CROSSING PROJECT NOISE WAIVER CERTIFICATE
      • Crossing Project:  Construction information and updates
  • SHA Contact Form for BRAC Intersection Improvement Projects on MD 355 (Rockville Pike), MD 185 (Connecticut Ave), and MD 187 (Old Georgetown Rd) -- NOTE: Use "Feedback" tab to register comments or questions)
  • Summary of BRAC Transportation Projects and Commuting Options
  • Printable Timeline: Project Schedule and Anticipated Completion
  • Follow Twitter for up-to-the-minute Traffic, Roadwork and Transit U[pdates:
    • BRAC:  @BRACMoCoMD
    • RideOn:  @RideOnMCT
    • Metro:   @WMATA
    • Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  @MCDOTNow
    • SHA:  @MDSHA
       
  • 5-1-17 Obituary and Funeral Arrangements for John Carman, First Chairman of the BRAC Implementation Committee
  • 4-13-17 Montgomery County Government:  MCDOT Plans to Accommodate Traffic Throughout the Construction Project Also Outlined
    • 10-13-17 MCDOT:  Crossing Project Update: Controlled Blasts Scheduled for MONDAY OCT. 16 AND WEDNESDAY OCT. 18
    • 10-6-17 MCDOT:  Controlled Blasts Scheduled for MONDAY OCT. 9 AND FRIDAY OCT. 13
    • 10-4-17 MCDOT:  Controlled Blast Scheduled for THURSDAY OCT. 5th, 11AM-2PM (NOT Wednesday, Oct 4th); BLAST SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 6th IS LIKELY POSTPONED
    • 10-2-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update:  Controlled Blast Scheduled for WEDNESDAY, OCT 4 & FRIDAY,OCT. 6
    • 9-26-17 MCDOT:  PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS & MOTORISTS URGED TO OBEY SIGNS AND BE CAREFUL AT THE CROSSING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION SITE AT THE MEDICAL CENTER METRO STATION IN BETHESDA
      • En Espanol
    • 9-22-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update: Controlled Blasts SEPT 25 & 27
    • 9-19-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update: Controlled Blast Scheduled for FRIDAY, SEPT. 22
    • 9-13-17 MCDOT:  Pedestrians, Cyclists & Motorists Urged to be Careful at the Crossing Project Construction Site at the Medical Center Metro Station in Bethesda
      • 9-15-17 WDVM-TV (Hagerstown):  (VIDEO REPORT)  Officials urge pedestrians to follow detour signs on MD-355 -- A section of sidewalk is closed on the side of the Metro
    • 9-12-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update: Controlled Blast RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13
    • 9-11-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update: LANE CLOSURE – MONDAY, SEPT. 11
    • 9-6-17 MCDOT:  UPDATED MD 355 Crossing Project This Week: Lane Closures Thursday Night, Friday; Controlled Blast Friday
    • 8-25-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update: Controlled Blasts MONDAY AUGUST 28 (11:30AM-12:30PM) and WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30 (10:30AM-1:30PM) near NSAB/Walter Reed/NIH
    • 8-22-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update: WEDNESDAY August 23 is next Controlled Blast near NSAB/Walter Reed/NIH
    • 8-9-17 MCDOT:  Next Controlled Blast for MD 355 Crossing Project is WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, between 1:00-2:00 PM
    • 8-2-17 MCDOT:  Update on Excavation Blasting and Lane Closures for the MD 355/Rockville Pike Crossing Project
    • 7-25-17 MCDOT:  Blasting for MD 355 Crossing Project Scheduled for Wednesday, July 26, between 10:00-11:00 AM.
    • 7-23-17 WJLA/ABC7 TV:  (VIDEO REPORT)  Tunnel work creates commuter headache on Rockville Pike
    • 7-20-17 MCDOT:  Blasting for MD 355 Crossing Project Scheduled for Friday, July 21 between 1:00-2:00 PM
      • 7-20-17 MCDOT:  Thursday Blasting for MD 355 Crossing Project Postponed
    • 7-19-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Crews Detonate First Test Blast at Bethesda Pedestrian Tunnel Project -- Rockville Pike briefly closed to clear people from the area; next blast set for Thursday
      • 7-19-17 WDVM TV (Hagerstown):  Blasting begins on Rockville Pike -- It's part of a project to create an underpass
      • 7-18-17 MCDOT:  First Test Blast for MD 355 Crossing Project scheduled for Wed. July 19, between 10:00 and 11:00 AM
    • 7-12-17 MCDOT:  Daytime Lane Closure on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed Continuing through July 28, 2017;  Test Blasting scheduled for July 19, 20 & 24
      • 7-10-17 WRC/NBC4 TV:  (VIDEO REPORT)  Construction on New Underground Pedestrian Tunnel
    • 7-7-17 MCDOT:  Excavation Blasting for the MD 355/Rockville Pike Crossing Project at the Medical Center Metro Station
      • 7-6-17 WJLA/ABC7 TV:  (VIDEO REPORT)  Montgomery co. transportation announces 5 weekends of closures on Rockville Pike -- Crossing Project at Walter Reed/Medical Center Metro Station Will Include Excavation Blasting Beginning Week of July 17.
    • 6-30-17 MCDOT:  FIVE WEEKEND Lane Closures on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed in July & August:  10:00 PM Friday thru 5:00 AM Monday;  July 7-10;  July 14-17;  July 21-24l  July 28-31;  Aug. 4-7
    • 6-16-17 MCDOT:  Daytime Lane Closure on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed: 9:00 AM thru 3:00 PM, Monday-Friday for up to four weeks, from June 19 thru July 14, 2017
    • 6-15-17 MCDOT:  Overnight Lane Closures on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed: 10:00 PM thru 5:00 AM, Monday-Friday June 19 thru 23, 2017.
    • 6-14-17 MCDOT:  Weekend Lane closures on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed: Weekends of June 16-19 and June 23-26; 10:00 PM Friday though 5:00 AM Monday both weekends.
    • 6-12-17 MCDOT:   Lane Closures on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed:  9:00 AM thru 3:00 PM, Monday thru Friday, June 12-16, 2017
    • 6-8-17 MCDOT:  Lane Closures on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed:  10:00 PM Friday, June 9 through 5:00 AM Monday, June 12, 2017
    • 5-30-17 MCDOT:  Lane Closures on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed:  10:00 PM Friday, June 2 through 5:00 AM Monday, June 5, 2017
    • 5-22-17 MCDOT:  Overnight Lane Closures on Rockville Pike (MD 355) Near NIH Planned 10PM May 25 through 5AM May 26
    • 5-19-17 REVISED: Weekend Lane Closures Near NIH Planned
    • 5-5-17 REVISED Schedule for WEEKEND Dual Lane Closures on Rockville Pike (MD 355)
    • 5-2-17 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  MD 355 Crossing Project -- Lane closure on Rockville Pike (MD 355) near NIH & Medical Center Metro Station
  • 9-28-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Metro’s Expansion of Red Line Tunnel Water-Proofing Pilot to Cause Service Disruptions -- Track closures planned for weekends in October and November; nighttime single-tracking in Bethesda area
    • 9-27-17 WMATA:  Metro Red Line waterproofing pilot to be expanded amid signs of improvement
    • 5-18-17 WMATA:  SafeTrack program to end June 17-25 with final surge on Red Line between Shady Grove and Twinbrook
  • 7-19-17 Bethesda Magazine:  RESCHEDULED: Lanes on Old Georgetown Road to Close Over Two Weekends -- Road crews will work on building bus pads July 28-31 and August 4-7
  • 5-31-17 SHA memo on decision to eliminate "Phase 4" from Intersection Improvement Project. (49 pp)
  • 9-29-17 Washington Post:  What you need to know about the Purple Line’s construction
    • 8-30-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Georgetown Branch Trail Scheduled to Close Tuesday -- Purple Line construction will occur throughout length of trail; alternate route to use Jones Bridge Road
    • 8-29-17 Purple Line Transit Partners:  Georgetown Branch Interim Trail (Future Capital Crescent Trail)
  • 7-27-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Beltway Resurfacing Project To Close Outer Loop Lanes Starting Next Week -- Workers will begin project to patch pavement, pave and restripe highway in Bethesda and Kensington
  • 10-2-17 Montgomery County Government:  Leggett Announces Launch of New MD 355 Ride On extRa Service
  • 7-6-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Parking Permit Redistribution Starts in July
  • 9-20-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Resurfacing Project on I-270 Could Cause Lane Closures Through Late Fall -- Work will focus on spur that connects with outer loop of Beltway
    • 9-19-17 Maryland State Highway Admininstration:  MDOT SHA Begins $100 Million I-270 Innovative Congestion Management Project in Montgomery County -- Work Will Add New Lanes on Southbound I-270 at the I-495 Outer Loop Merge
  • 10-16-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County Gears Up for Anticipated Spate of Construction Closures in Downtown Bethesda -- Marriott headquarters and other large development projects planned along Wisconsin Avenue
  • 7-11-17 WRC/NBC4 TV:  Neighborhoods Use Permit Parking to Prevent Commuters From Clogging Residential Streets
    • 8-29-10 Montgomery Community Media:  Paper Parking Permits Are Back, MCDOT Makes Changes
  • 8-17-17 Bethesda Magazine:  What to Expect as Major Water Main Replacement Project Begins in Downtown Bethesda -- Water utility WSSC will replace water mains throughout Woodmont Triangle area
  • 5-25-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan Formally Approved -- Document will guide downtown development in coming decades
    • 5-25-17 Montgomery County Council:  Bethesda Downtown Plan approved by Montgomery County Council
       
  • 7-20-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  NSAB Celebrates Environmental Cleanup Milestone
  • 7-6-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Kobelja Takes the Helm of WRNMMC
  • 5-4-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Warrior Transition Brigade-NCR Marks 10 Years
  • 7-3-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  Uniformed Services University Hosts Boot Camp for Prospective Surgeons
    • 5-26-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  The Power of Nature: Green Road Project to Study Nature’s Healing Effects -- Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) are embarking on a collaborative study seeking to scientifically measure the healing effects of nature
    • 9-11-17 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS):  In a Decade of War, U.S. Military Surgeons Provided More Than 6,000 Humanitarian Surgical Procedures to Afghan Adults
       
  • 5-31-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  DoD Vaccine Research Saves Military, Civilian Lives -- Personnel at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, a Defense Department biomedical facility in Silver Spring, Maryland, are researching and developing vaccines that can save military and civilian lives
  • 6-1-17 Defense Intelligence Agency:  New National Intelligence University President Announced -- NIU is an accredited federal degree-granting institution whose main campus recently relocated to Bethesda
    • 6-8-17 Military Technologies:  Incoming NIU President Discusses Academic and Leadership Philosophy
    • 6-20-17 DeZeen magazine of architecture and design:  Leo A Daly designs Maryland campus to help US intelligence agencies communicate better
    • 9-8-17 Los Angeles Times:  Vast new intelligence haul fuels next phase of fight against Islamic State -- In recent weeks, U.S.-backed ground forces have sent an estimated 30 terabytes of data — equal to nearly two years of nonstop video footage — to the National Media Exploitation Center in Bethesda, Md., a little-known arm of the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the intelligence.
  • 5-8-17 Washington Business Journal:  Concept revealed for Parks at Walter Reed town center
    • 4-24-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Long-closed Army medical center to become new DC community
  • 10-12-17 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division:  Patents and technology transfer is important for Carderock and the Navy
    • 5-1-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  Carderock Outreach and Industry Day informs industry partners, improves relationships
    • 6-9-17 U.S. Dept. of Defense:  Carderock employees accept technical director’s challenge to innovate
    • 7-19-17 U.S. Dept. of Defense:  NAVSEA recognizes Carderock innovators, partners for unprecedented naval asset
    • 7-21-17 3D Printing Industry:  Oak Ridge release details of the U.S. military’s first 3D-printed submarine -- A second version of the hull is to be created for testing in the wave pool at the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center
    • 8-10-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  Student interns conquer Carderock’s Additive Manufacturing Challenge -- Student interns made a new tradition official when they raced 3-D printed boats they designed and created themselves for the second annual Additive Manufacturing (AM) Challenge at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division on Aug. 10 in West Bethesda, Maryland.
  • 7-20-17 United States Army:  Army opens collaborative cybersecurity research center -- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi MD opened the Army Cyber-research Analytics Laboratory, or ACAL, on Monday
    • 8-17-17 Aberdeen Proving Ground News:  Perconti assumes responsibility of ARL -- Dr. Philip Perconti assumed responsibilities of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, known as ARL, during a ceremony in the Adelphi Laboratory Center auditorium, Aug. 10, 2017
  • 6-29-17 Frederick News-Post:  New face coming to Fort Detrick garrison after ceremony on base
    • 5-24-17 Frederick News-Post:  Lab at Fort Detrick faces closing under proposed federal budget
  • 8-2-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Officials ready to celebrate US Route 1 expansion -- After nearly two decades of wrangling, work is almost done on the widening of Richmond Highway from four lanes to six near Fort Belvoir.... Actual work on this stretch began in 2013.... Base Realignment and Closure changes drove even more traffic to the base, contributing to the Pentagon putting $180 million toward the project.
    • 4-19-17 Mt. Vernon (VA) Gazette (Virginia Connection Newspapers):  ‘Our Big Moment’ in Mount Vernon -- VDOT hosts Route 1 Widening meeting: Jeff Todd Way to Napper Road.
    • 5-24-17 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette (Virginia Connection Newspapers):  ‘Parkway Problems Will Get Worse’ -- Residents cite traffic volume, speeding and maintenance. -- “Pre-BRAC number of people working on Fort Belvoir was twenty-three thousand,” Richard said. “The current number stands at 50,000, a gain of 27,000 civilians, contractors and military.”
  • 7-12-17 Fort Meade Soundoff:  Fort Meade’s ever-changing landscape
    • 6-14-17 Fort Meade SoundOff:  Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment -- The EA evaluates potential environmental, cultural and socioeconomic effects associated with the construction of several road changes including the construction of access control points, road widening, moving intersections, and changing signs and traffic signals at control points
  • 8-10-17 NAS Pax River Tester:  Pax health clinic's telepsychiatry program improves access to care
  • 4-28-17 South Potomac Pilot (Naval District Washington):  Charles County Military Alliance Council Hosts Quarterly Meeting at Indian Head Village Green
    • 7-20-17 Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:  Dahlgren workers slated to move to Indian Head
  • 6-29-17 Maryland Reporter (Capital News Service):  Maryland Divided Part 3: Blending old economy with new in Frederick and Harford counties -- The counties of Harford and Frederick also benefit from an enviable bit of stable government largesse — their biggest single employers are both military. Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Harford employs 21,000 and Fort Detrick in Frederick is responsible for 6,400 jobs, according the Maryland Department of Commerce
    • 5-10-17 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis:  Aberdeen residents, businesses tire of Route 22 construction -- Three construction projects along Route 22 related to BRAC expansion at Aberdeen Proving Ground
       
• April 18, 2017 meeting summary, including transportation project updates  (4 pp)
  • MD 355 (ROCKVILLE PIKE) CROSSING PROJECT at Medical Center Metro Station:
  • 12-12-16  CROSSING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION NOTICE
  • 4-11-17  CROSSING PROJECT NOISE WAIVER CERTIFICATE
    • Crossing Project:  Construction information and updates
  • Summary of BRAC Transportation Projects and Commuting Options
  • Printable Timeline: Project Schedule and Anticipated Completion
  • Follow Twitter for up-to-the-minute Traffic, Roadwork and Transit U[pdates:
    • BRAC:  @BRACMoCoMD
    • RideOn:  @RideOnMCT
    • Metro:   @WMATA
    • Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  @MCDOTNow
    • SHA:  @MDSHA
       
  • 4-13-17 Montgomery County Government:  MCDOT Plans Four Weeks of Dual Lane Closures on Rockville Pike in April and May; Plan to Accommodate Traffic Throughout the Construction Project Also Outlined
    • 4-3-17 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  MCDOT to Close Two Lanes on Rockville Pike Near Medical Center Metro Station Overnight, April 9-13
    • 3-27-17 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  MCDOT to Close Single Lanes on Rockville Pike Near Medical Center Metro Station During Off-Peak Hours April 5-7 -- Closures mark beginning of construction of the Multimodal Crossing Project at the Medical Center Metro Station
    • 1-26-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  MD 355 Crossing Work Begins in 2017
    • 1-20-17 Rockville Patch:   MCDOT Announces Lane Closure On Rockville Pike -- MCDOT would like to remind residents a single lane on Rockville Pike will be closed on January 24 starting at 10 A.M.
  • 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.
  • 4-7-17 Montgomery County Government:  RideOn Announces Launch of New, Limited Stop Service This Fall: RideOn extRa Will Expand Transit Options on MD 355
  • 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
  • 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
  • 3-17-17 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Roshdieh, Johnston Recognize Staff Upon Completion of Elmhirst Parkway Bridge
  • 3-16-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County’s Proposed Interim Georgetown Branch Trail Would Route Cyclists Onto Jones Bridge Road -- The off-road trail could be moved to busy roads in Bethesda to accommodate Purple Line construction
  • 2-28-17 Bethesda Magazine;  County Council Considers Clogged Bethesda Intersections as Part of Bethesda Downtown Plan Review -- Members understand frustration over delays at spots such as East West Highway and Connecticut Avenue, but question whether growth in Bethesda is direct factor
  • 3-22-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Metro Completes Escalator Installment Project at Bethesda Station -- Work on the replacement of the escalators has been going on since 2014
  • 2-7-17 Montgomery Community Media:  Residents Get Update on Md. 355 Bus Rapid Transit
    • 2-23-17 WHAG-TV (Hagerstown):  Two Maryland counties plan bi-county transportation route -- Montgomery, Howard County executives meet on Thursday
       
  • 1-26-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Commander’s Construction Corner -- This issue of The Journal provides you with important information about upcoming and ongoing projects designed to improve the capabilities of our mission partners, particularly Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. You’ll also find information about the Maryland Route 355 tunnel crossing project that will take place between Medical Center Metro Station and NSAB Gate 1 (South Gate).
    • A Vision for the future of Military Medicine at Walter Reed Bethesda
    • Construction 101: What to Know About Construction on Base
    • MD 355 Crossing Work Begins in 2017
    • Work Progressing Along Brown Drive
    • G-Lot Construction
    • H-Lot Parking Garage
    • Parking on NSAB
  • 3-2-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Construction Forum Focuses on Brown Drive, Parking
    • 2-23-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Naval Dosimetry Opens New Temporary Location -- The center is the first clinic to move as part of the WRNMMC remodel
  • 2-9-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Ceremony Marks Completion of Cooling Towers
  • 2-7-17 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS):  USU Opens New College of Allied Health Sciences
    • 3-16-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  USUHS President's Column -- Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant health issue impacting our service members and veterans, and here at the Uniformed Services University (USU), our faculty, staff and students remain focused on supporting our troops who have been diagnosed with TBI.
  • 2-16-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Commander's Column -- Warrior Transition Brigade’s Wellness program
  • 1-19-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  A Year In Military Health, Global Health
  • 3-29-17 New York Times:  Questions for: ‘Can Programs That Help the Military Save the Federal Arts Agencies?’
    • 3-27-17 New York Times:  Can Programs That Help the Military Save the Federal Arts Agencies? -- First they paint. Later, they write stories or express their emotions by playing the drums or piano. Finally, the military service members who participate in arts therapy at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center here create a “culminating project,” a montage of shapes and words. “This gives them a visual voice,” said Melissa Walker, one of the therapists for the Creative Forces program run by the National Endowment for the Arts in conjunction with the military.
       
  • 2-7-17 U.S. Army Environmental Command:  DRAFT Final  Remedial Investigation Report, Forest Glen Annex 02, 03, & 04.   (26 pp summary)
    • 2-17-17 U.S. Army Environmental Command:  DRAFT Final  Remedial Investigation Report, Forest Glen Annex 05   (15 pp summary)
  • 2-15-17 Washington Business Journal:  State Department's vision for Walter Reed west parcel coming into focus
  • 3-30-17 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  Road-widening project nears completion -- This will be the end of a $180 million project that has been underway for many years. County, transportation and Belvoir officials broke ground on the project in April 2014
    • 2-16-17 Belvoir Eagle:  Community Hospital architecture: Experience State-of-the- art design
    • 3-1-17 United States Department of Defense:  Belvoir Hospital Opens Sleep Medicine Clinic
    • 3-16-17 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  Construction on Army museum begins
  • 2-7-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  Carderock’s Anechoic Flow Facility experiences unprecedented turbulence
  • 1-30-17 ECN Magazine:  Army, Industry Computer Scientists Gather for 'Hackathon' at the Adelphi Laboratory Center
  • 1-16-17 Maryland Capital Gazette:  Fort Meade: Construction, planning underway for access gates
    • 4-5-17 Baltimore Sun:  World War I forever changed the state of Maryland -- Congress had approved President Woodrow Wilson's request for a declaration of war against Germany. Now the Army was building a center between Baltimore and Washington — a messy, improvised, sprawling installation, arising with astonishing speed — to train hundreds of thousands of troops for the global conflagration they called the Great War.... Camp Meade would grow into Fort Meade, Maryland's largest workplace, an economic force for the region and a key defense center for the nation.
  • 3-2-17 Quantico Sentry:  Naval Health Clinic Quantico at a glance
     
• January 10, 2017 meeting summary (including transportation project updates)  (4 pp)
  • SHA INTERSECTION CONSTRUCTION UPDATES: MD 355/Cedar Lane;  MD 187/West Cedar Lane
  • SHA TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPDATES:  MD 355/Cedar Lane, MD 355/Jones Bridge Road
  • MD 355 (ROCKVILLE PIKE) CROSSING PROJECT at Medical Center Metro Station:
    • 12-12-16  CROSSING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION NOTICE
    • 1-11-17  CROSSING PROJECT NOISE WAIVER CERTIFICATE
      • Crossing Project:  Construction information and updates
  • Summary of BRAC Transportation Projects and Commuting Options
  • Printable Timeline: Project Schedule and Anticipated Completion
  • Follow Twitter for up-to-the-minute Traffic, Roadwork and Transit U[pdates:
    • RideOn:  @RideOnMCT
    • Metro:   @WMATA
    • Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  @MCDOTNow
    • SHA:  @MDSHA
       
  • 1-4-17 Washington Post:  Road and rail projects that could affect your commutes in 2017 -- Crossing project: This Montgomery County project is a big part of the long-running construction program meant to ease congestion from the consolidation of federal bases along Rockville Pike/Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda. A pedestrian tunnel with an elevator system will be built under the road to link the Medical Center Metro station with the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
    • 1-10-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Crews Take First Steps on Tunnel Project To Link NIH, Walter Reed -- ‘Test pitting’ checks for the existence of utilities
      • 12-12-16  CROSSING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION NOTICE
      • 1-11-17  CROSSING PROJECT NOISE WAIVER CERTIFICATE
  • 12-27-16 WMATA (Metro):  Routes J2 and J3 Bus Stops Reestablished: West Cedar Ln, Dec 30
  • 12-15-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Mystery Solved: State Responsible for Rockville Pike Project that Snarled Traffic -- SHA closed lanes to finish paving, lighting work
  • 12-16-16 Washington Post:  Metrobus extends late-night service on some routes -- Metro is boosting Friday and Saturday late-night service on the J2 bus route between Bethesda and Silver Spring. The service will operate every 60 minutes, with one additional eastbound trip and two additional westbound trips between the two Metro stations.
  • 12-22-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Coming Soon: Improvement Projects on the Capital Crescent Trail
  • 10-13-16 Bethesda Magazine:  White Flint Western Workaround Scheduled To Start Construction Next Month -- The project will realign roads to create a street grid near Pike & Rose
  • 11-17-16 Montgomery County Government:  Getting Around a Little Easier -- 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.
  • 10-18-16 Washington Post:  Marriott to move headquarters to downtown Bethesda with $44 million in incentives
  • 12-26-16 Washington Post:  In downtown Bethesda, residents and county debate whether more height is right
    • 1-3-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Is a More Urban Bethesda Inevitable? -- The Montgomery County Council is about to consider a plan that calls for more development and taller buildings in downtown Bethesda, but many local residents disapprove
  • 11-1-16 Washington Post:  Auto-centric suburb considers making developers pay more for transit, walking -- Montgomery County is considering changing how it measures the transportation impact of proposed development, focusing — for the first time — on how accessible new buildings would be to transit rather than how many vehicles they would add to roads.
    • 11-28-16 Washington Post:  Suburbs seeking transit look for ways to keep residents from being priced out -- The issue, which some experts call “transit-induced gentrification,” is gaining new attention in Montgomery and other once auto-centric suburbs building light-rail and rapid bus lines to revitalize older areas, attract younger workers, and help an increasing number of lower-income residents reach jobs. Focusing growth around transit stations has become the way many inner suburbs plan to thrive without adding to the sprawl that has left them drowning in traffic.
       
  • 10-19-16 Washington Business Journal:  Here are the massive changes coming to Walter Reed Medical Center
  • 11-10-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Public Works Gearing Up for Medical Center Redesign
  • 12-15-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  NSAB Gets Increased Response to Annual Commuter Survey -- There was a slight drop in commuters driving alone to work from the previous year and an approximate 30 percent drop since the first commuter survey in 2008, he said. The survey has shown an increase in people teleworking, using mass transit and even those who walk to work....
  • 12-22-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Commander's Column -- In November, we celebrated our fifth anniversary as Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Five years ago we merged the legacies of two distinguished Medical Centers, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center, into one exceptional institution.
  • 12-9-16 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Defense Health Agency poised for huge growth under just-passed Defense bill -- The Defense Health Agency will assume responsibility for managing the more than 400 military hospitals and clinics that are currently owned and operated by the Army, Navy and Air Force.
  • 10-20-16 U.S. Department of Defense:  NSAB Wins SECNAV Energy Achievement Gold
  • 10-27-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  NICoE, VA Partner Highlight “Unmasking the Trauma of War” Exhibit
  • 11-28-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Six Cutting Edge Medical Procedures Happening in the Bethesda Area -- Thanks in large part to the National Institutes of Health our backyard is an international hub for medical innovation: NIH, NSAB, Walter Reed, NCI, Suburban/Hopkins, Sibley
     
  • 10-26-16 WAMU 88.5 FM:  D.C. Takes Over Portion Of Walter Reed Campus, Setting Stage For Development
    • 11-17-16 Washington Post:  D.C.’s children’s hospital gets 12 acres at former Walter Reed campus
    • 11-30-16 Washington Business Journal:  Here's when work will start, for real, at Walter Reed
  • 1-11-17 Center for International Maritime Security:  History of the Navy Laboratory System
  • 10-17-16 DCist blog:  This Massive Pool In Bethesda Is Made For Model Ships
  • 10-17-16 Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation:  SFDC partners with Fairfax County to secure $400,000 federal grant in order to support transit oriented development (“TOD”) on Richmond Highway
    • 10-13-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  Road closures set for new access control point construction
    • 12-15-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  DeWitt Army Hospital in final demolition stage
  • 12-8-16 Annapolis Capital Gazette:  Anne Arundel tops weak employment growth in Maryland -- West Anne Arundel, considered the economic engine for the county, continues to see job growth driven by BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Maryland Live casino and Fort George G. Meade. Fort Meade is the largest single employment center in the state.... Fort Meade employs approximately 56,000 people, up from 34,000 a decade ago. BWI just set a record for most annual passengers and the casino continues to top the state's five casinos in monthly revenue.
  • 11-4-16 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis:  Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford's economic lifeblood
    • 11-28-16 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis:  Route 22 widening in Aberdeen slated to be completed by spring 2018 -- The Route 22 improvements are meant to "improve intersection safety and capacity to handle increased traffic in Aberdeen generated by the federal BRAC," according to SHA
  • 11-29-16 Baltimore Sun:  In Indian Head, Md., Navy's bomb testers seek new ways to blow things up