Wednesday, April 3, 2013
A 2.61-mile bike path is planned between the Capital Beltway and Oberlin Avenue.
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation is set to begin construction on a 2.61-mile bike path along MacArthur Boulevard between the Capital Beltway and Oberlin Avenue. The work on the eight-foot-wide, shared use path is expected to launch in mid-April and will last about a year. Drivers can expect lane closures for short periods of time between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Work is set for weekdays between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The work will also include roadway resurfacing, and drainage and landscaping upgrades and underpass lighting. More information about the project is available online.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The construction of a nine-story office building is prompting traffic pattern changes between East-West Highway and Montgomery Lane.
Pearl Street is now a one-way southbound street between East-West Highway and Montgomery Lane, near construction of a nine-story office building at the site of the former McDonald's. The new traffic pattern went into effect Wednesday and will last for the duration of the construction project—about a year, according to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center. Signage will alert motorists to the new traffic patterns, Patch reported. The traffic changes will accommodate excavation and construction at the site, where blasting will launch in several weeks. Neighbors can sign up for Alert Montgomery to receive text message alerts about daily blasting activity. The old McDonald's restaurant on the site was torn down starting last …
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Project is expected to wrap up in spring of 2013.
A long-term road resurfacing project is underway that will bring yet more lane closures to Rockville Pike. The $2.3 million safety and resurfacing project, headed up by the Maryland State Highway Administration, is planned for Rockville Pike between Cedar Croft Drive in Bethesda—just north of Cedar Lane—and Strathmore Avenue in North Bethesda. SHA crews will resurface the roadway and clean inlets. Sidewalk ramps and driveways will be upgraded to make them compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and damaged curbs, gutters, sidewalks and guardrails will be replaced. There also will be new pavement markings. Weather permitting, work on the 3.3-mile stretch of is expected to wrap up in spring of 2013. Drivers should expect …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Project is expected to wrap up in spring of 2013.
A long-term road resurfacing project is underway that will bring yet more lane closures to the Rockville Pike. The $2.3 million safety and resurfacing project, headed up by the Maryland State Highway Administration, is planned for the Rockville Pike between Cedar Croft Drive in Bethesda – just north of Cedar Lane – and Strathmore Avenue in North Bethesda. SHA crews will resurface the roadway and clean inlets. Sidewalk ramps and driveways will be upgraded to make them compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and damaged curbs, gutters, sidewalks and guardrails will be replaced. There also will be new pavement markings. Weather permitting, work on the 3.3-mile stretch of is expected to wrap up in spring of 2013. Drivers …
Monday, August 6, 2012
Re-paving work is aimed to improve ride quality along congested corridor.
Re-paving work that will bring evening and night-time lane closures to the Rockville Pike is set to launch Monday, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration. The work, expected to last three weeks between South Drive and Jones Bridge Road, will mean delays for drivers. The re-paving is planned as a part of utility relocation work that’s underway in advance of a major intersection improvement project at Cedar Lane and Rockville Pike, according to SHA spokeswoman Kellie Boulware. “The crews saw there was severe rutting in the pavement south of the intersection, so they wanted to get down there and get the extra paving done while they were doing the work anyway,” Boulware said. The project at 355 and Cedar Lane is part of a host …
