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January, 2017 News 

 

• 1-31-17 THE HILL:  Top Dem: Trump's military readiness review a 'bait-and-switch'
• 1-30-17 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch:   Anti-Terrorism Drills at Walter Reed Campus Through Feb. 10 -- Authorities warn that there will be traffic delays, unusual sights at Walter Reed campus through Feb. 10 because of anti-terrorism drills.
• 1-30-17 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch:   MTA to Hold Open Houses on MD 355 Corridor Bus Rapid Transit -- MTA would like to remind residents of the upcoming open houses for the MD 355 Corridor Bus Rapid Transit on Feb 7 and 8.
• 1-30-17 ECN Magazine:  Army, Industry Computer Scientists Gather for 'Hackathon'
• 1-30-17 FEDweek:  DoD Still Incurring Major Base Closing Costs, Says GAO
• 1-27-17 WMATA (Metro):  Temporary Detour for Eastbpund J2 Bus:  Construction on Wisconsin Ave, January 28
• 1-27-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery County Lawmakers To Support Bills Allowing Slower Speed Limits  -- One measure would let county cut speeds to 20 mph in some areas
• 1-27-16 Devex:  Zika vaccine could be delayed, unaffordable after US Army grants exclusive rights to pharma company
• 1-26-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County Planners Debate Project Staging in Drafted Plan for White Flint -- Development that includes nearly 6,000 homes could halt without progress on school, transportation projects
• 1-26-17 Washington Business Journal:  The Westbard overhaul cometh. Check out the details of this massive Bethesda project.
• 1-26-17 THE HILL:  Top Dem plans to reintroduce base closure plan
• 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
• 1-26-17 Federal News Radio WFED 1500 AM:  Pentagon rewrites layoff rules to favor performance over tenure
• 1-25-17 Newport News Daily Press:  Is BRAC back? Sen. McCain revives debate over military base closings
  • 1-24-17 Military Times:  McCain blasts congressional 'cowardice' in avoiding base closings
• 1-25-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Portion of Wisconsin Avenue To Be Closed Saturday -- Closure will allow equipment to be hoisted to roof of building
• 1-25-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Where Will Woodmont Triangle Workers Park? -- If Marriott takes over public garage in downtown Bethesda, hundreds will have to look for other spaces
• 1-25-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Report: Purple Line Among 50 Infrastructure Projects Deemed Priorities by Trump Team -- List may foreshadow which transportation projects will be pursued by the new president
  • 1-24-17 McClatchy News Service:  EXCLUSIVE: Trump team compiles infrastructure priority list
• 1-25-17 Washington Post:  The 100 worst traffic bottlenecks on U.S. highways
• 1-24-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County Council Members Focus on Building Heights, Density at Initial Meeting on Bethesda Downtown Plan -- Committee takes first look at 20-year proposal guiding development
  • 1-23-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County Council President Anticipates Changes to Bethesda Land-Use Plan -- Transition from urban to residential areas an iss
• 1-24-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Residents Object to County’s Electronic Permit Parking System -- Although enforcement is less expensive, Berliner calls process a ‘nightmare’
• 1-24-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Metro Accepting Public Input on Proposed Fare Increases, Red Line Service Reductions -- System leaders consider changes as they deal with $290 million budget shortfall
• 1-24-17 Washington Post:  Report: Purple Line threatens affordable housing in Langley Park
• 1-24-17 Washington Business Journal:  Maryland’s two largest tech groups are merging
• 1-24-17 Military Spot:  US Navy Registers Trademarks for Carderock’s SeaGlide®
• 1-23-17 Military Technologies:  GAO-17-151, Military Base Realignments and Closures: DOD Has Improved Environmental Cleanup Reporting but Should Obtain and Share More Information, January 19, 2017
• 1-23-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Traffic growth helps make up for lower Md. tolls, report finds
• 1-20-17 Rockville Patch:   MCDOT Announces Lane Closure On Rockville Pike -- MCDOT would like to remind residents a single lane on Rockville Pike at the Medical Center Metro Station will be closed on January 24 from 10 A.M. through 2:00 P.M.
• 1-20-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Marriott Reveals Downtown Bethesda Headquarters Site -- New complex to include 22-story office building and flagship hotel
• 1-20-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Francis Collins To Remain NIH Director -- Leader of the federal research center in Bethesda is sticking around as Trump presidency begins
• 1-19-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  A Year In Military Health, Global Health
• 1-19-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Planning Board Approves 295-foot Building on Apex Site in Bethesda -- Officials said residents had urged them to delay vote
  • 1-16-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County Planning Board To Consider Approving Bethesda’s Tallest Building -- Plans for Apex site up for a vote Thursday
• 1-18-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Groups Representing 10,000 Bethesda-Area Homes Co-Sign Letter Objecting to Aspects of Downtown Plan -- Letter offers County Council members recommendations to limit school overcrowding, congestion
• 1-16-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Town of Chevy Chase Opposes Routing Interim Georgetown Branch Trail Through Its Streets -- County officials contemplating path to reroute trail before Purple Line construction begins
• 1-16-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Four Bike Lane Projects Being Considered in Bethesda Downtown Plan -- The projects may be coming to Norfolk, Bethesda and Woodmont Avenues
• 1-16-17 Maryland Capital Gazette:  Fort Meade: Construction, planning underway for access gates
• 1-14-17 Washington Post:  2 U.S. lawmakers want to fix Metro by rewriting its governing charter
• 1-13-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Residents Weigh Merits of Incorporating as a City -- Residents voice need for greater control over coming decades of community growth
  • 1-9-17 Washington Post:  Should Bethesda become a self-governing city? Some wonder whether it’s time.
  • 1-9-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Neighborhood Groups To Explore How To Incorporate Bethesda
• 1-13-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Chevy Chase Purple Line Opponents File Appeal To Stop Relocation of Bethesda Community Hardware Building -- Historic structure sits on part of site where new Purple Line station and major redevelopment is planned
• 1-13-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Why did Metro add more 24/7 track work, including on some areas hit before?
  • 1-12-17 Washington Post:  Metro releases SafeTrack schedule through June -- The program will end in late June with continuous single-tracking between the Shady Grove and Twinbrook stations.
• 1-12-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  Armed With Science -- Army Uses Gels to Study How Blast Pressure Impacts the Brain
• 1-12-17 WHAG-TV (Hagerstown):  (VIDEO REPORT)  Tunnel work to Walter Reed gets underway -- Workers complete "test pitting" Thursday
  • 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
• 1-12-17 Washington Post:  The race to develop a vaccine: Scientists inch closer to preventing Zika
  • 1-12-17 Washington Post:  Scientists don't have a decade to find a Zika vaccine. They need volunteers now.
• 1-12-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Ourisman Honda Appeals County Order To Stop Construction on Garage -- Order issued after permitting officials determined structure was in Capital Crescent Trail easement
• 1-11-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Portion of Wisconsin Avenue To Be Closed Saturday -- Closure will allow equipment to be hoisted to roof of building
• 1-11-17 Center for International Maritime Security:  History of the Navy Laboratory System
• 1-11-17 Montgomery Community Media:  Mixed Reaction to New Traffic Pattern at Capital Crescent Trail and Little Falls Parkway
  • 1-6-17 Bethesda Magazine:County Installs Flex Posts to Reduce Travel Lanes at Capital Crescent Trail Crossing -- Vehicles now have two lanes instead of four at Bethesda site where a Chevy Chase cyclist was killed in October
• 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
• 1-10-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Planning Board Chairman Frustrated by Lack of Progress on Bethesda Capital Crescent Trail Tunnel -- County has not budgeted funds for tunnel expansion to accommodate full-sized trail under Wisconsin Avenue next to the Purple Line when it is built
• 1-9-17 Washington Post:  Following concession, Va. and Md. legislatures expected to okay Metro safety body
• 1-9-17 Bethesda Magazine:  In Latest Court Volley, Purple Line Opponents Say Transit Agencies Failed To Examine Metro’s Problems -- Chevy Chase residents and a trail group ask judge to require a new environmental assessment for the light-rail project
• 1-9-17 Baltimore Business Journal:  Top tech jobs in Baltimore surpass six figures — and will only go up this year
• 1-9-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Newly-Unveiled Renderings Show What’s in Store for Apex Building Site -- Images are of glass-wrapped apartment, office towers soaring hundreds of feet high
  • 1-7-17 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland's tailor-made deal for Marriott
  • 1-6-17 Washington Business Journal:  This just-approved Bethesda project could be Marriott's future headquarters
  • 1-5-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County Planners OK Development Plan for Apex Building in Downtown Bethesda -- Project calls for building 480 homes, 360,000 feet of office space on site
• 1-7-17 Baltimore Sun:  Eyeing the new boss warily, federal workers prepare for deep cuts under Trump  
• 1-5-17 Washington Post:  Where We Live -- Bethesda’s Kenwood Park again teems with young families
• 1-4-17 Medical Xpress:  Most veterans experience good quality of life after military service
• 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.
  • 12-12-16  MEDICAL CENTER MULTIMODAL CROSSING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION NOTICE
  • 12-12-16  MEDICAL CENTER MULTIMODAL CROSSING PROJECT NOISE WAIVER CERTIFICATE
• 1-4-17 Washington Post:  For Metro, Getting ‘Back2Good’ comes with a six-figure price tag
• 1-3-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Incoming Sen. Van Hollen Says More Federal Aid to Metro Contingent on Reforms -- But new member of Appropriations panel more upbeat about increased NIH funding
• 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
• 1-3-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Year ahead: A look at the big storeies to come in 2017 (includes several regional transportation issues)
  
  
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