SILVER SPRING, MD – The Montgomery County Planning
Board seeks applicants for a community advisory committee to work with its
planners as they craft a plan for the proposed Metro Purple Line, slated to
connect Bethesda and New Carrollton.
The advisory committee will help planners analyze the
transit line’s potential impacts on the community. Called a functional master
plan, the resulting product will lay out the Planning Department’s recommendations
for the type of transit – light rail or rapid bus – alignment, and station
locations in Montgomery County.
The Maryland Mass Transit Administration (MTA) is in charge
of the Purple Line project and continues to study and seek funding for the line. The Purple Line functional master plan will
provide a framework for the Montgomery County Planning Board to react quickly
to the MTA’s recommendations for the alignment of either light rail or rapid
bus transit, expected by summer 2008.
Prospective Purple Line advisory committee members will
attend frequent meetings through fall 2008. Other tasks will include
considering environmental issues and resident concerns and ensuring conformance
of the proposed Purple Line with other county master plans. The Planning
Department staff plans to hold public outreach activities in concert with the
advisory committee.
Representatives from civic groups, businesses, residents,
environmental organizations, property owners and the general public are
encouraged to apply for representation on the advisory committee by submitting
a letter of interest by Friday, July 13, 2007 (details below).
Send
letters of interest to:
Tom
Autrey, Transportation Planning Division
thomas.autrey@mncppc-mc.org
Fax: (301) 495- 495-1302
Or
mail to:
Tom
Autrey, Transportation Planning Division
Montgomery
County Planning Department
8787
Georgia Ave.
Silver
Spring, MD 20910-3760