Oak Drive MD 27 Sidewalk
(MD 27 to Bethesda Church Road)

Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), Division of Transportation Engineering (DTE), has completed preliminary planning and design for a concrete sidewalk along the west side of Oak Drive (Phase I) and the east side of MD 27 (Phase II, Phase II) in Damascus. This sidewalk project is in three phases. The Phase I sidewalk along Oak Drive is about 4,200 feet long and includes a 350-foot segment along the south side of Kingstead Road. The Phase II sidewalk along MD 27 is about 2,470 feet long. The Phase III sidewalk along MD 27 is about 2,260 feet long.

The project is provided to address the lack of continuous and safe pedestrian access to existing sidewalks and bikeways, schools, parks, transit stops, commercial areas, and community and public facilities in the Damascus area. The 2006 Damascus Master Plan and 2005 Countywide Bikeways Functional Master Plan recommends sidewalk in the project area.

Phase I – Phase I includes a 4,200-foot segment of Oak Drive and a 350-foot segment of Kingstead Road. This phase provides a 5-foot concrete sidewalk with green buffer along the west side of Oak Drive from its southern intersection with MD 27 to the John T. Baker Middle School.

Phase II - MD 27: This segment is from the northern intersection at Oak Drive, extending north about 2,260 feet, to the existing sidewalk near Damascus High School.

Phase III - MD 27: The scope will include a 5-foot-wide concrete sidewalk along MD 27 (Ridge Road) only. Phase II extends from the southern intersection at Oak Drive, extending north about 2,470 feet to the existing sidewalk near Ridge Landing Place.

The project will provide ADA-compliant sidewalk ramps, concrete driveway aprons, curb and gutter, drainage/stormwater management, retaining walls, and landscaping. At some locations, utility poles and other underground utilities will need to be relocated.