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Bethesda Metro South Entrance

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Bethesda Police Station, Metro Entrance Flagged for Funding Delays

County Executive Isiah Leggett announced his proposed amendments to the six-year capital spending plan Tuesday.

The Bethesda South Metro Entrance and the Second District Police Station were both recommended for funding delays in County Executive Isiah Leggett's proposed amendments to the six-year capital spending plan, released Tuesday. The proposed plan “recognizes the vital need to control future debt and focuses on funding critical safety-related capital needs or projects that will boost the County’s recovering economy and spur job growth,” according to a county statement released to the media.  New projects proposed in the $4.37 billion CIP include elementary school security systems, bridge repair projects, storm drain culvert replacements and the replacement of the remaining Champion buses in the Ride On bus fleet, which were taken out of …

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

New Renderings Unveiled For Bethesda Purple Line Station

Station at Wisconsin and Elm Street will be built in conjunction with Red Line Metro south entrance.

Maryland Transit Administration officials on Tuesday unveiled new renderings for the Bethesda station on the Purple Line, a 16-mile light rail planned to connect Bethesda with New Carrollton. The new designs include a five to seven foot sidewalk alongside the light rail through the Wisconsin Avenue tunnel. The sidewalk option was developed after Montgomery County Council members determined it would be too expensive and too risky to route the Capital Crescent Trail above the light rail inside the tunnel. Instead, council members chose to support an option to route the trail at grade across Wisconsin Avenue.  “I know it’s a disappointment to people but I think the sidewalk at least gives them an option,” said Mike Madden, MTA Purple Line …

Steve O

3:28 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013

Of course cyclists will ride through. Not when it's crowded with peds and transit riders, but late at night and Sunday mornings and anytime there is enough space to do so. Any officials who think otherwise are fooling themselves. The trail can be built (as promised) if more creative thinking is used. See my posts on this topic here: http://ht.ly/gwmCu   more ›

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