Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council is asking Maryland Governor Larry Hogan for safety improvements at the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Turkey Branch Parkway following the second fatal accident at this intersection in less than a year. “Once again, we are mourning the loss of a young man who was struck and killed on Veirs […]

To take advantage of the forecasted warmer weather over the next few days, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett announced that the Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will begin intensive efforts to fill the County’s potholes. According to a news release, this year’s historic winter storm, and fluctuation of temperatures over the past couple of months, has accelerated the […]

UPDATED The driver of a tractor trailer was killed in a collision on the Beltway that occurred on westbound Interstate 495 east of Connecticut Avenue on Friday morning. The overturned truck closed both the inner loop and the outer loop lanes of the Beltway for some time during the morning rush hour. Fire and Rescue […]

A contractor for the Maryland State Highway Administration, Skelly and Loy, Inc., recently conducted an environmental survey to assess the bat population in an area near the designated route of the Brookeville Bypass. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that wildlife biologists were looking for the northern long-eared bat, a threatened species. These biologists also conducted an […]