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Germantown Community Recreation Center 18905 Kingsview Drive, Germantown 20874 240.777.8095 The Germantown Community Recreation Center is a multi-purpose recreational facility for all ages, located a short distance from the intersection of Germantown and Clopper Roads. The Center strives to promote health, physical fitness, learning, growth and opportunities for socialization. One important component of the Center […]

Purple Line NOW! hosted a Transportation Forum with Maryland’s gubernatorial candidates on February 18 at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus. Candidates who declared or filed their intentions by the end of January 2014 were invited to participate in the event. Participants included:  Howard County Executive Ken Ulman running […]

Pedestrian safety, economic development and transportation are included on the topics of discussion for the committees of the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board which meet on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Silver Spring Civic Building.  The committee meetings are open to the public and deal with topical issues of interest to the Silver Spring […]

Montgomery County Department of Transportation crews are busy repairing potholes along Montgomery County roads. Bethesda Depot Supervisor Louis Machetto explains the process in this video. Below are some photos of the road work on Rolston Road in Bethesda on Feb. 20. For more street beat coverage of potholes, see our earlier posts below: Related:

To take advantage of the milder weather predicted over the next few days, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett has announced that the Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will be conducting an intensive effort today (Feb. 20), over the weekend and into next week to fill the County’s potholes. MCDOT repairs potholes every day of the year […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Education Committee will begin its review of the Fiscal Years 2015-20 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) requests of Montgomery County Public Schools at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 10. The worksession will include an overview of the Board of Education’s requests and the recommendations of County Executive Isiah Leggett. It also will include […]

The city of Rockville is studying ways to improve pedestrian safety. Rockville 11’s Chris Peifer has more about what the city is doing to decrease the number of accidents on area roads involving pedestrians. Visit our PEG partner Rockville 11 to view more of its programming.

In this report, Community Relations Manager Tom Pogue of the Department of Transportation provides some parking information for visitors to The Fillmore in downtown Silver Spring. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. For more parking or transit information, visit montgomerycountymd.gov/mcdot website.

Another round of winter weather will soon impact the region, and the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is preparing to face another storm that will affect travel statewide on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Early forecasts predict significant snowfall tomorrow, and drivers should adjust travel plans if possible. “Please put safety first by planning now for driving […]

With the State’s new gas tax, there is funding available to take care of some long overdue transportation projects here in Montgomery County. Susan Kenedy tells us about some improvements planned for area roads. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.