Montgomery County Council Backs a Massive Expansion in Bike Funding for Priority Areas

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 15, 2016

(Source: Washington Area Bicyclist Association, Garrett Hennigan, June 13, 2016)

On Thursday, May 26, the Montgomery County Council unanimously approved the County’s 2017 Operating Budget and six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP). In addition to maintaining funding for a number of long term trail and bikeway priorities, the Council approved a dramatic, 150 percent funding increase for the Bicycle Pedestrian Priority Area Program. Alongside the innovative methods in the Bike Master Plan rewrite, movement on long delayed trail projects like the Capital Crescent and Metropolitan Branch Trails, and December’s commitment to pursue a Vision Zero initiative  this expansion in funding is another sign that Montgomery County is getting serious about supporting and encouraging bicycling. Read more.

Release ID: 16-144
Media Contact: Esther Bowring 240-777-7155