Politics & Government

Report: No Possible Move to White Flint for 2nd District Police Station

White Flint implementation coordinator tells The Gazette she made a "misstatement" at a recent committee meeting.

Following reports that White Flint could be a possibile location for the new 2nd District Police Station, The Gazette reports that the station will stay in downtown Bethesda.

Bethesda Now reported on March 12 that a new station might be moved to White Flint, citing a statement made by White Flint Implementation Coordinator Dee Metz at a meeting of the White Flint Implementation Advisory Committee last week.

In a report published Wednesday, Metz told The Gazette she "made a misstatement" at the committee meeting.

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The move is not a possibility, she told the paper.

Montgomery County has issued a new document soliciting proposals for the development of a new 2nd District station to replace the aging facility on Wisconsin Avenue, Patch reported. The county is looking to move quickly on the project after developers JBG backed out of a land-swap deal to build the station as part of a mixed-use residential project at 7900 Wisconsin Ave. Negotiations on the deal stretched back to 2008.

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The solicitation requires developers to submit proposals for locations in Bethesda's central business district.

Bids are to be submitted by April 8. 

The Gazette reported a potential move to White Flint had "worried some business leaders and residents of Bethesda."


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