Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is preparing for the first snow of the winter season, but this year’s preparation looks different than year’s past because of the coronavirus. The National Weather Service currently projects that on Wednesday northern parts of Montgomery County could receive up to 10 inches of snow and down county could […]

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 […]

If you see snow plows on the road this Tuesday, it’s because the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), Division of Highway Services is testing just how prepared the County snow plans and fleet are. MCDOT will conduct an all-day exercise where snow plow operators will run snow routes on more than 5,000 lane miles […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Transportation Director Al Roshdieh, and Highways Services Chief Richard Dorsey provided an update about snow plow operations on Tuesday afternoon at the Bethesda Dept. The local officials pledged to have at least one snow plow down every county street by 7 a.m. on Wednesday. If you haven’t seen a plow […]

Montgomery County is now offering free parking in County-owned lots and garages to encourage residents to park vehicles off roadways so that snow plows can clear our county’s roads. Parking fees will not be required at the County-owned lots and garages and metered spaces. Parking payment enforcement in the County is suspended, but illegal parking […]

Has your Montgomery County street been plowed? Montgomery County officials are updating residents about the status of treatment and plowing of roads by posting winter weather updates on the county’s website. According to the latest update, by mid-afternoon on Jan. 6 all the County major arterials and secondary roadways had been treated and plowed. If […]