The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board

September 22, 2021 | Ceoli Jacoby

County’s Department of Transportation Awarded $85,000 for New Shared-Use Path

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) awarded $85,000 to the Montgomery County Department of Transportation Wednesday. The funds will cover the preliminary engineering and cost estimate of a new shared-use path connecting Walter Johnson Road to the Germantown MARC Station according to a press release The award is part of TPB’s Transit Within Reach […]

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July 20, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Politicians, Activists Rally Against Road Widening Before Crucial Vote Wednesday

With I-270 in the background, state, county and local politicians as well as several activists rallied at Woodley Gardens Park in Rockville in opposition to the I-495, I-270 road widening project that will go before the Washington Council of Government for a second vote on Wednesday. In mid-June, The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board […]

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June 16, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Transportation Board Will Not Conduct Environmental Analysis of 270, 495 Road Widening Project

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board voted Wednesday to remove the I-270 and I-495 express lanes from its Air Quality Conformity Analysis, following a request from the Montgomery County Executive’s office. Now that the planning board will not conduct an environmental study of this project, Maryland will have to submit a revised plan if […]

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