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The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee will meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3 to continue its series of worksessions on issues relating to the proposed Bethesda station of the planned Purple Line. Monday’s worksession will focus on zoning, staging and open space and park issues. The PHED Committee, […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee at 2 p.m. on Feb. 3, will continue its series of worksessions on issues relating to the proposed Bethesda station of the planned Purple Line. Monday’s worksession will focus on zoning, staging and open space and park issues. The PHED Committee, which is chaired […]

The Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board held its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 13. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story on a new building coming to downtown Silver Spring, the upcoming County budget and the board’s priorities for this year as discussed during the meeting at the Civic Center. The board’s next […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment (T and E) Committee will hold a work session on Oct. 28 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss the proposed public/private partnership that would be formed to build the Purple Line—an east-west transit line that would connect the Bethesda and New Carrollton Metrorail stations. The T and […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Roger Berliner and Valerie Ervin wrote a letter to Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett on Sept. 30 concerning a settlement that the Executive reached with Columbia Country Club on the alignment of the future Purple Line. You can read the letter below:

The Action Committee for Transit (ACT), issued a statement claiming the Town of Chevy Chase aims to keep outsiders away as the town continues to fight against the Purple LIne. “With their arguments against the Purple Line blown away by the state’s new environmental study, opponents in Chevy Chase are falling back on undisguised stalling […]

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), in coordination with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), has extended the time period in which residents can comment on the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation (FEIS) on the proposed Purple Line from 30 days to 45 days. The comment period, which began on September 6 and […]

After weeks of discussion and various amendments, the Montgomery County Council has approved the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan but it did not come without plenty of debate. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

In this MyMCMedia video extra, Montgomery County Council Vice President Craig Rice said the recent announcement about transportation investments is the result of a true partnership between local and state government. For more coverage about the state’s transportation investments in Montgomery County and the Purple Line: Millions for MoCo Transportation Projects (Photos & Video) For […]

In this MyMCMedia video extra, Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer said there is one more hurdle for the Purple Line project. Take a look:   For more coverage about the state’s transportation investments in Montgomery County and the Purple Line: Millions for MoCo Transportation Projects (Photos & Video) For more on the Purple Line: Purple […]