Press Releases - Department of Transportation

For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 13, 2018

The public is invited to join MCDOT at a meeting on Tuesday October 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (with a presentation at 6:45 p.m.) in the Bethesda Chevy Chase High School Cafeteria, 4301 East West Highway, Bethesda to discuss the design and construction of proposed bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements in Downtown Bethesda. Improvements are planned along Bethesda Avenue between Woodmont Avenue and 47th Street; Woodmont Avenue from Norfolk Avenue south to Wisconsin Avenue (MD 355); and along Montgomery Lane/Montgomery Avenue (MD 410) between Woodmont Avenue and Pearl Street.

The improvements were adopted as master plan recommendations in the 2017 Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan. Design and construction funding was added to the Fiscal Year 2019-2024 Montgomery County Capital Improvement Program (CIP). adopted in May 2018.

See MCDOT’s Project website for more information.

Release ID: 18-169
Media Contact: Esther Bowring 240-777-7170