Montgomery Community Media

Snow removal is about to get more environmentally friendly in Montgomery County. At Montgomery County’s annual Snow Summit event on Wednesday, County Executive Marc Elrich and Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation (MCDOT) officials announced environmental advances made for handling the snow for the winter 2019-2020 season. Elrich announced that this snow season, MCDOT will experiment […]

With about nine more weeks of winter and freezing temperatures forecast for next week, Montgomery County’s salt trucks are ready. The county has about 75,000 tons of salt stockpiled, said Jeff Knutsen, chief of field operations in division of highway service, DOT. This week, trucks were out Monday afternoon and continued working until about 6 […]

Remember Jonas? That snowstorm dumped a record amount of snow on Montgomery County last winter, and it also prompted some changes that were unveiled at this year’s Snow Summit. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Snow Operations Center is key to managing operations and tracking weather and road conditions pic.twitter.com/npYanzIgtU — MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016 MCDOT […]

Because of the addition of the Parklands and Crown communities, city of Gaithersburg officials say they need a new salt storage building to keep up with the city’s growth and the additional miles of roads during the winter months. On the Mayor and Council’s agenda, Monday night, is a resolution that authorizes the city manager […]

The Maryland State Highway Administration is holding an informational meeting on April 7th about a proposed Salt Barn facility to be built at the I-495 and Connecticut Avenue interchange. According to a news release, SHA staffers will answer questions from residents about the project’s scope, tentative timeline and other features. The meeting will take place […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, Department of Transportation (DOT) Acting Director Al Roshdieh and Highway Operations Chief Richard Dorsey talked about the county’s snow preparations today at the Equipment Maintenance Operations Center in Rockville. According to Leggett, the county’s priority is clearing primary and secondary roads. He said the county is preparing for between 12 […]

Montgomery County Department of Transportation (DOT) Division of Highway Services crews are preparing for the snow at the Salt Barn off Crabbs Branch Way and Shady Grove Road. As of 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 16,  officials said they are fully mobilized for four to eight inches of snow. According to a note posted on the County’s […]

The new Montgomery County transit operations center is dedicated to a former Ride On planner, David F. Bone. In this MyMCMedia extra, DOT’s Al Rosdieh discusses the significance of the name and the facility at a recent press conference on site of the new facility. Roshdieh also notes some of the other important features,  including […]

Montgomery County is now the home of the largest salt barn on the east coast of the United States. That’s good news for our snow contractors who don’t have to go far to treat our local roads during a wintry event.         Here are some photos taken at the Nov. 1 snow […]