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For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 31, 2025

Thursday, Aug. 7

12:30 p.m.

Walking Path Between Auth Lane and Kersey Road, Silver Spring

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, County Councilmember Evan Glass and Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) staff will join members of the Kemp Mill Civic Association on Thursday, Aug. 7, for a ribbon cutting to announce the completion of a new pedestrian bridge in the Kemp Mill area of Silver Spring.

MCDOT designed and constructed the pedestrian bridge, which provides safe access over a tributary to the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River. The project better connects an existing walking path between Auth Lane and Kersey Road which was disrupted by a growing creek bed. While mostly dry, erosion over the years made the creek increasingly difficult to cross.

Completed in June, the pedestrian bridge is ADA accessible and will allow an easier crossing.

Members of the Kemp Mill Civic Association championed the project and are adding a memorial at the bridge for their late neighbor, Nicki Toys. The memorial will allow her children and friends to visit and remember the positive impact she had on their lives.

WHAT: Ribbon cutting for a new pedestrian bridge in the Kemp Mill community of Silver Spring 

WHO: 

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich

Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass (chair, Transportation and Environment Committee)

Brian Copley, MCDOT Engineering Division, Bridges Section Chief

Jonathan Aghion, Kemp Mill Civic Association Vice President

WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 7 at 12:30 p.m. 

WHERE: At the end of Auth Lane or Kersey Road in Silver Spring. The pedestrian bridge is in a wooded area. Follow the walking path connecting the roads.

 
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Photo Opportunity: The ribbon cutting will take place after the brief press conference. The memorial plaque will be in place and neighbors will be present.

Before bridge construction:

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