Montgomery Community Media

The much-maligned  Silver Spring Transit Center is a hub of activity but not with the planned buses and commuters, but rather with workers wielding hand-held jack hammers and epoxy guns trying to make the necessary repairs to get the building open. Montgomery County Director of General Services David Dise along with K.C.E. Structural Engineers President […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett provides an update on the repairs taking place on the Silver Spring Transit Center in this interview: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Silver Spring Transit Center will not be opening this year. In a memo dated May 29, Tim Firestine, Montgomery County’s chief administrative officer, has provided County Council President Craig Rice with an update on the status of  remediation work at the Transit Center. “After a series of meetings between the County, WMATA, Parsons Brinckerhoff […]

Doug Duncan, a democratic candidate in the race for County Executive, sent a letter, dated May 29, to County Executive Isiah Leggett asking to him to fire the county’s general services director. “Last week, the Inspector General released a report that confirmed what every other review of the Silver Spring Transit Center has found – […]

Below is the Montgomery County Maryland Office of the Inspector General’s report dated April 15, 2014 covering Project Management Deficiencies in Constructing the Paul S. Sarbanes Silver Spring Transit Center. This report was made available to the public on May 20.

Doug Duncan, a democratic candidate for the office of Montgomery County Executive, has announced his first television ad of the campaign will hit the airwaves today and the 30-second ad highlights the Silver Spring Transit Center as a key issue in the race. Duncan also plans to hold a news conference today at the entrance […]

County Council President Craig Rice met with reporters this week at his weekly briefing. One of the topics he addressed was the Silver Spring Transit Center. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Related:

The Montgomery County Council will receive a briefing on the Silver Spring Transit Center on May 8 at noon. “We always want to err on the side of caution and making sure that safety is number one and that’s really where our focus is,” said Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice while addressing the Silver […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice held his weekly briefing with the media on May 5 to discuss a variety of topics including the Council’s latest budget deliberations, the Silver Spring Transit Center, school resource officers, safety at Northwest High School, school bus cameras and more. You can watch the briefing in its entirety here:

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has released the following statement about a recent report by an independent advisory committee regarding the Silver Spring Transit Center: “I have received the report by Norman Augustine and his associates reviewing timelines, costs, and methods involving the Silver Spring Transit Center. I very much appreciate their pro bono work. […]