UPDATED PRESS RELEASE: In Person Community Meetings on Six School Walkability Studies Addressing Safety Needs in Montgomery County

For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 26, 2024

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will hold a series of in-person meetings to present the findings of six school walkability studies including Kensington Parkwood Elementary (Kensington); Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, Lake Seneca Elementary and Waters Landing Elementary (Germantown); and Rosemary Hills Elementary and Rock Creek Forest Elementary (Silver Spring).

The meetings will show study findings and discuss the sidewalk and safety needs of students walking and biking to the studied schools.  

Each of the walkability studies reviewed the condition of existing infrastructure and recommended improvements that may be implemented within the school walkshed to provide safe and accessible routes for students walking and biking to school. These community meetings will help County staff better understand safety needs and plan future sidewalk and safety improvement projects within the school walkshed. 

Registration is not required. Public feedback and information provided will become a matter of public record. Prior to each meeting listed below, the public is encouraged to review the walkability study on each of the project websites here and also linked below.  

• Kensington Parkwood Elementary School Walkshed Safety Evaluation Meeting
  Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 
  Kensington Parkwood Elementary School
  4710 Saul Road, Kensington, MD, 20895
  
  
• Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, Lake Seneca Elementary and Waters Landing Elementary Schools Walkshed Safety Evaluation Meeting
  Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 
  Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
  13737 Wisteria DR, Germantown, MD, 20874
  
  
• Rosemary Hills Elementary and Rock Creek Forest Elementary Schools Walkshed Safety Evaluation Meeting
  Thursday, Dec. 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Note new date.)
  Rosemary Hills Elementary School All Purpose Room
  2111 Porter Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Comments and questions may be submitted by email to [email protected] or by phone 240-777-2192. The deadline to submit comments is Sunday, Jan. 5. Written feedback will carry the same weight as oral testimony.

Learn more about MCDOT’s Safe Routes to School by visiting the program website here.   

For more information on MCDOT programs and services visit montgomerycountymd.gov/mcdot, follow @MCDOTNow on X, Facebook and Instagram and subscribe to MCDOT’s “Go Montgomery!” newsletter. 

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Release ID: 24-115
Media Contact: Emily DeTitta, 240-372-2282