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Montgomery Planning to Present Complete Streets Design Guide to Planning Board on June 11

Design guide outlines how to make Montgomery County streets safer and more accessible.

SILVER SPRING, MD – The Montgomery County Planning Department, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), and the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, will jointly present a briefing on the draft Complete Streets Design Guide to the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday, June 11 at a virtual Planning Board meeting.

View the draft Complete Streets Design Guide.

Complete Streets are a new approach to designing roads in Montgomery County. These roadways are designed and operated to provide safe, accessible, and healthy travel for all users of the roadway system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists.

The design guide was created in partnership with the Montgomery County Department of Transportation and is an important tool to support Montgomery County’s Vision Zero Action Plan.

About the Complete Streets Design Guide

The Complete Streets Design Guide provides a one-stop guide for designing new streets and reconstructing or retrofitting existing streets following these principles:

  1. Safety – maximize safety for all (pedestrians, bicyclists, and motor vehicles);
  2. Sustainability – enhance ecological functions and economic appeal of a streetscape; and
  3. Vitality – create streets that are great, dynamic places.

This document represents a coordinated focus on planning and designing roads with all county government agencies in partnership. The Complete Streets Design Guidelines is a collaborative effort between Montgomery Planning, the Montgomery County Department of Transportation and other county agencies. Highlights of the guidelines include:

Upcoming Schedule

Following the presentation to the Planning Board, Montgomery Planning will hold a virtual community meeting on June 17 from 7 – 9 p.m. This meeting will feature a presentation on the draft guidelines as well as interactive ways to provide comments. Learn more about the online meeting. The schedule for approval of the Complete Streets Design Guidelines is as follows:

This schedule is tentative and subject to change. The community is invited to provide comments throughout the process. For questions or comments, please reach out to project manager Stephen Aldrich at 301-495-4528 or via email.