SILVER SPRING – Planners updating the Master
Plan of Highways
will seek input
at four community meetings scheduled in April. The comprehensive update of the
plan, the first since 1955, will compile all the roadway changes approved in
area master plans in one document.
In addition to updating the road
network with current classifications, the new master plan also will encompass
transitways, rail stations, and other transit centers in area master plans. To
reflect the greater scope, the plan name will change to the Master Plan of
Highways and Transitways.
The plan
will incorporate road changes and align them with the County Road Code, which
was comprehensively revised in 2007. To better organize roadway information,
the plan will feature an alphabetized list of all roads, their classifications,
and details such as number of lanes and the rights-of-way widths for each road.
At the public meetings,
transportation planners will provide an overview of potential changes to the
classification of some roads, provide definitions of each classification and
describe what those changes would mean. Visitors will be invited to review and
discuss with planners maps depicting the
classes of roads being considered for re-classification.
The
countywide document will bring into sync changes to roads and transitways that
have occurred through master and sector plans, a few of which are approved and
adopted each year. Overall, planners expect that the new Master Plan of
Highways and
Transitways
will be a one-stop source for residents and anyone curious about area roads.
Learn more about the Master Plan of Highways and
Transitways.
What:
Master
Plan of Highways public meetings
Where & When:
Monday,
April 19, 6:30 p.m.
Park and
Planning Headquarters, 8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver
Spring, MD 20910
Wednesday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.
Upcounty Regional Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Suite 1000
Germantown,
MD 20874
Wednesday,
April 28, 6:30 p.m.
Eastern
Montgomery Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road
Silver
Spring, MD 20904
Thursday,
April 29, 6:30 p.m.
Potomac
Community Recreation Center, 11315 Falls Road
Potomac, MD
20854
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