Montgomery Community Media

With lower gas prices this Labor Day weekend, troopers say they expect to see an increase in vehicle traffic along Maryland roads. You may see more troopers on the road, too. Over the three day holiday weekend, troopers plan to conduct high visibility traffic enforcement across the state. Operation SHOWBOAT (SHOre-Wide Bullseye On Aggressive Traffic) […]

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is beginning a $765,000 improvement project at the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Kentlands Boulevard/Orchard Ridge Drive in Gaithersburg. According to SHA officials, the project will improve safety and reduce congestion with longer turn lanes along westbound Orchard Ridge Drive, improve left turn traffic movements from Great Seneca […]

UPDATED A man known as the Route 29 Batman was killed in a traffic accident Sunday night in Hagerstown. Maryland State Police said that 51-year-old Leonard (Lenny) Robinson was driving his custom made Batmobile, although he was not in costume, when he had engine trouble on eastbound I-70 west of Big Pool Road around 10:30 […]

Beginning on July 18th, Randolph Road – between Nebel Street and Parklawn Drive in Wheaton – will close for about a week. CSX, a transportation maintenance company, is scheduled to work on track maintenance. This road should reopen on Friday, July 24, weather permitting. According to a news release, drivers are advised to look for […]

Beginning this Thursday night and continuing each weeknight until work is complete, Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) crews will temporarily close traffic lanes on the outer loop of I-495 (Capital Beltway) over MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue, exit 34) for emergency bridge deck repairs. According to an SHA news release, crews will close lanes on the Outer […]

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred early Sunday morning on I-270 northbound at the ramp to Middlebrook Road. According to a police summary, at 12:41 a.m. a citizen called police to report that a white Subaru was traveling at approximately 80 mph and was weaving all over the road. Police said […]

AAA Mid-Atlantic released the following statement after Gov. Larry Hogan committed to moving forward with plans to build the Purple Line: “We applaud the Governor for moving the Purple Line light-rail project forward. AAA has long been a supporter of the Purple Line and recognizes the importance of continuous improvement of mass transit systems in […]

The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) continues to make progress on a two mile, $3.7 million safety and resurfacing project on MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue) between I-495 (Capital Beltway) and Dupont Avenue in Kensington. Currently, crews are patching in advance of grinding, paving and pavement marking work that will occur later this […]

Bethesda commuters take note. On Saturday morning, Crane Service Company, Inc. is scheduled to close all southbound lanes of MD 355 (Wisconsin Avenue) between Commerce Lane and MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road) in Bethesda for a crane operation at 7514 Wisconsin Avenue. Crews plan to open all traffic lanes by 4 p.m. weather permitting. In […]

A heat lamp may have caused a chicken coop fire at 17409 Chiswell Road in Poolesville on Sunday morning, according to Montgomery County fire and rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said six chickens died in the accidental blaze that also damaged the exterior siding of the adjacent house. According to Piringer, a resident sustained burns […]