The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) last SafeTrack surge -- Surge #16 – will completely close the Shady Grove and Rockville Red Line stations from Saturday, June 17 through Sunday, June 25.
| | MCDOT is leading the effort to remake the downtown Wheaton Triangle by constructing a 308,000-square-foot, LEED Platinum County office building, a new Town Square civic space and underground parking garage. |
| | An 11-dock station, purchased by the developers of Camden Shady Grove, is now open to the public at Key West Avenue and Great Seneca Highway. |
| | To keep Ride On bus fares consistent with rates approved by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the Montgomery County Council approved transit rate changes that will begin June 25, 2017. |
| | MCDOT's Division of Parking will install about 400 “smart” parking meters in Wheaton starting next week. The smart meters expand payment options for parking customers to include credit cards in addition to coins and pay by cell. |
| | County Executive Ike Leggett joined leaders from throughout the nation in declaring support for U.S. leadership in reducing carbon emissions. MCDOT’s Sustainability Policy: Moving Forward Together was featured as one of the ways Montgomery County is working to improve environmental quality. |
| | MCDOT has won a $60,000 grant from the Transportation Land-Use Connections Program to develop multilingual/ADA materials to help educate pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers about ways to use new bicycle infrastructure that is designed to enhance safety. |
| | To improve pedestrian safety and reduce congestion, MCDOT will install a new traffic roundabout at Bradmoor Drive and Roosevelt Street in Bethesda; make modifications to the sidewalks, curbs and gutters; add new signage, markings and crosswalks; and make other minor repairs. |
| | During this summer’s Montgomery County Public Schools break, MCDOT will close Piney Meetinghouse Road to replace the 1950-vintage Piney Meetinghouse Road Bridge over Watts Branch. The project will include four-foot shoulders to accommodate on-road bicyclists and pedestrians. |
| | Individuals and groups are invited to provide input into the County’s next six-year capital construction budget by attending public forums that will be held by local citizen advisory boards. |
| | A Montgomery County Police traffic enforcement sting was featured on WJLA, Channel 7 news. Police issued 76 citations and 17 warnings during a few hours on May 24. Watch story online. |
| | SHA will hold a public hearing to obtain input on a planned project on MD 28, Norbeck Road, MD 198 and Spencerville Road/Sandy Spring Road. |
| | AARP is offering its Smart Driver course at the Holiday Park Senior Center in Wheaton, 3050 Ferrara Drive, on Tuesday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| | SHA will close two southbound lanes of Wisconsin Avenue and the adjacent sidewalk at 1 Bethesda Metro in downtown Bethesda on Saturday, June 10; Sunday, June 11; and Saturday, June 17 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. |
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