Montgomery Community Media

An ice storm is forecast from the I-95 corridor to the west, which will likely cause driving issues Monday (Dec. 9) morning. State Highway Administration (SHA) crews will be out in force salting as needed overnight. One of the primary issues reported by SHA plow drivers after the snow had ended was motorists traveling far [...]

From the Emergency Operations Center, the Maryland State Highway Administration is monitoring and managing storm response throughout the State. Heavy bands of snow are bringing several inches of accumulating snow through the Baltimore and Washington metro areas, with higher accumulations north and west. More than 2,000 trucks are plowing and applying salt to the State’s [...]

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has activated its Emergency Operations Center and crews are treating roadways as the first winter precipitation enters the state. In advance of the storm, SHA trucks pre-treated interstates and primary routes on Dec. 7 with a salt brine solution to prevent the initial bonding of ice to the road. [...]

Montgomery County crews are actively treating all primary roads, secondary roads and county salt routes. Road conditions remain slippery. If you must drive, use extreme caution and allow plenty of breaking distance as pavement conditions remain unfavorable. County officials are also resident to use extreme caution and remain vigilant observing pedestrian traffic as pedestrian traffic [...]

Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation (DOT) is launching the “Walk Your Way” project as part of an initiative to educate high school students about the importance of pedestrian safety. DOT Community Relations Manager Tom Pogue has more details. Related Posts:

The Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council and senior staff joined state and local officials and representatives in officially opening the extension of Teachers Way during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 5. A key element in the revitalization of Olde Towne Gaithersburg, the extension of Teachers Way connects Girard Street and North Summit Avenue. “When [...]

Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over the weekend of December 6-8, with service adjustments on all lines beginning at 10 p.m. Friday night and continuing through system closing on Sunday. This weekend, trains will operate every 10-20 minutes (details below), and shuttle buses will replace Blue Line trains between Rosslyn and Pentagon to [...]

Beginning January 13, Montgomery County Ride On will offer a new Route 94 bus service between Clarksburg and the Germantown MARC train station. The service is called “Meet the MARC” because if the evening MARC train runs late, the Ride On bus will wait for the train to arrive. In partnership with the Maryland Transit [...]

The Dixon Avenue entrance to Montgomery County’s Bonifant-Dixon parking garage in Silver Spring is now open. It was closed for several months while an extension of Dixon Avenue was constructed through the garage. The construction project was completed at no cost to the County by Home Properties in accordance with the Silver Spring Sector Plan [...]

The Dixon Avenue entrance to Montgomery County’s Bonifant-Dixon parking garage in Silver Spring is now open. It was closed for several months while an extension of Dixon Avenue was constructed through the garage. The construction project was completed at no cost to the county by Home Properties in accordance with the Silver Spring Sector Plan [...]