Shady Grove Road To Be Improved

The Division of Highway Services (DHS) received about $6.7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to improve seven roadways including more than 10 lane miles of Shady Grove Road from I-270 to Darnestown Road. The deteriorated condition of all of these roads made them high priority projects for the County.

DHS’s repairs include removing and replacing pavement surfaces, defective curbs, and sidewalks; full depth pavement patching; and installing pavement line markings and raised, reflective pavement markers. All seven projects should be completed in fall 2011.

In addition to Shady Grove Road the other roadways are:

• Nearly 10 lane miles of Barnesville Road from Mt. Ephraim Road to Maryland Route 117;
• About four-and-one-half lane miles Randolph Road from east of Nebel Street to Rock Creek Bridge;
• About 3.6 lane miles of Forest Glen Road from Maryland Route 97 to Brunett Avenue;
• More than 10 lane miles of Old Columbia Pike from Maryland Route 198 to U.S. Route 29, Columbia Pike on-ramp;
• Nearly five lane miles of Travilah Road from Dufief Road to River Road; and
• 3.7 lane miles of Wightman Road from Brink Road to Goshen Road.

Altogether Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation received nearly $15.4 million in ARRA funding to help improve the County’s economy and transportation infrastructure while jump starting the ecomomy.

The Division of Transit Services (DTS) also received $6.55 million to replace existing buses with 12 energy efficient, diesel-electric hybrids and one clean diesel bus. The buses will be delivered in September.

Information about other ARRA funds awarded to the County is available on the County’s website.

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