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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

On Thursday, March 16 starting at 6:30 p.m., the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will hold an in-person public workshop at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center located at 4805 Edgemoor Lane in Bethesda to discuss the Norfolk Avenue Shared Street Planning Study.

Norfolk Avenue is a lively street with a mix of uses in the Woodmont Triangle area of downtown Bethesda. During the pandemic, and continuing today, a portion of Norfolk Avenue was closed to vehicle traffic to create a “streetery”. This temporary space is being operated and maintained by the Bethesda Urban Partnership who is currently working on plans to enhance and expand this temporary streetery.

MCDOT is also looking several years into the future and is seeking feedback from the public on what Norfolk Avenue should look like and whether it should remain as a streetery. The County’s study will examine the possibilities of physical changes to the roadway and will complement, not replace the Bethesda Urban Partnership work. MCDOT will use this feedback and recommend alternatives for the longer-term project in Fall 2023.

Feedback and questions may be submitted to Matt Johnson by email at Matt.Johnson@montgomerycountymd.gov. All information provided including questions and public feedback will become a matter of public record.

Prior to the meeting, the public is encouraged to review the proposal files on the project website here.

Interpreter services will be provided upon request with five business days advance notice by contacting Matt Johnson.

Learn more about MCDOT’s engineering and construction projects by visiting the website here.

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

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Release ID: 23-028
Media Contact: Emily DeTitta, 240-372-2282