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Montgomery County Council and Committee Meetings on Nov. 5, 2025

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Council will hold its annual Youth Town Hall at 7 p.m.; Committee will review an appropriation for Bus Rapid Transit along Route 355

The joint Transportation and Environment (TE) and Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 10:45 a.m. to review a resolution to approve a more than $168 million supplemental appropriation for the Montgomery County Department of Transportation to fund Bus Rapid Transit on Maryland Route 355.

The members of the TE Committee include Chair Evan Glass, Councilmember Marilyn Balcombe and Council President Kate Stewart.

The members of the GO Committee include Chair and Council President Stewart and Councilmembers Andrew Friedson and Sidney Katz.

Starting at 7 p.m., the Council will host its annual Youth Town Hall in the third-floor hearing room of the Council Office Building. This meeting with students promotes youth engagement in community and public policy issues and allows Councilmembers to hear directly from young people about their concerns and views. More information can be found here.

More detail on the Committee agenda item is provided below.

Resolution to approve Supplemental Appropriation #26-13 to the FY26 Capital Budget, Montgomery County Government, Department of Transportation, Bus Rapid Transit: MD 355 Central (No. 502005), $168,412,000

Review: The joint TE and GO Committee will review a resolution to approve a more than $168.4 million supplemental appropriation for the Montgomery County Department of Transportation to fund Bus Rapid Transit on Maryland Route 355.

The approved Bus Rapid Transit: 355 Central Project, currently includes $166.5 million in funding from the State Bus Rapid Transit Fund. The more than $168.4 million request for FY26 in this supplemental appropriation represents the issuance of $191 million in new grant-backed bonds, minus $22.6 million in previously appropriated state aid not needed to support the bond issue. The remainder of the $166.5 million in State BRT Fund dollars currently programmed into the 355 Central project will be used to pay debt service on these new bonds. This funding switch does not change the total project cost or delivery schedule.

The State Bus Rapid Transit Fund was created by the Maryland General Assembly in 2022 to leverage State lottery proceeds for local BRT projects. In 2023, the General Assembly passed a law allowing the recipients of lottery proceeds to use these grant funds. In addition, the 2025 state budget increased Montgomery County’s annual share of the Bus Rapid Transit Fund from $20 million in the original law to $25 million, supplementing lottery revenues with transfers from the Transportation Trust Fund.

The Committee meeting schedule may change from time to time. View the current Council and Committee agendas, Council staff reports and additional information on items scheduled for Council review on the Council website.

Council and committee meetings are streamed live on the Council’s web page via YouTube and on Facebook Live and can be watched on County Cable Montgomery on Xfinity/RCN 6 HD 996/1056, Fios 30, and on the CCM live stream.

Release ID: 25-371
Media Contact: Sonya Healy 240-777-7926, Benjamin Sky Brandt 240-777-7884