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- 1-10-17 Bethesda Magazine: Crews Take First Steps on Tunnel Project To Link NIH, Walter Reed -- ‘Test pitting’ checks for the existence of utilities
- 1-4-17 Washington Post: Road and rail projects that could affect your commutes in 2017 -- CROSSING PROJECT: This Montgomery County project is a big part of the long-running construction program meant to ease congestion from the consolidation of federal bases along Rockville Pike/Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda. A pedestrian tunnel with an elevator system will be built under the road to link the Medical Center Metro station with the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
- 12-16-16 Washington Post: Metrobus extends late-night service on some routes -- Metro is boosting Friday and Saturday late-night service on the J2 bus route between Bethesda and Silver Spring. The service will operate every 60 minutes, with one additional eastbound trip and two additional westbound trips between the two Metro stations.
- 10-24-16 WMATA Advisory: Medical Center Metro Station: No elevator service beginning October 27 through March 2017 due to rehabilitation
- APRIL 18, 2017, 7:00 PM: NEXT PUBLIC MEETING of the County's BRAC Integration Committee (BIC)
- Location: Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda MD 20814
- NOTE: Please contact the County's BRAC Coordinator whenever you have specific issues with BRAC-related construction.
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- 10-19-16 Washington Business Journal: Here are the massive changes coming to Walter Reed Medical Center
- 11-10-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Public Works Gearing Up for Medical Center Redesign
- 8-5-15 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): Temporary Lane Closure for Sidewalk Construction Begins Thursday, August 6, on Westbound West Cedar Lane at Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda
- 8-5-15 SHA TRAFFIC ALERT: Temporary Lane Closure for Sidewalk Construction Begins Thursday, August 6, on Westbound West Cedar Lane at Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda
- 6-12-15 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): Next Phase of Old Georgetown Road Intersection Improvement Project Begins Sunday Night, June 14 -- Nighttime Double Lane Closures Possible Through Late June
- 9-21-16 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): New Traffic Patterm Will Ease Congestion on MD 355 in Bethesda -- Dynamic Control Traffic Signal Will Provide Part-Time Double Left Turns During Afternoon Rush Hour at Jones Bridge Road Intersection
- 6-16-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Parks: Planning Board Authorizes Exchange of Land with Montgomery County, Maryland as Mitigation for the Platt Ridge Drive Extended Project
- 10-8-15 Montgomery County Planning Board re: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Limited
- Request to reconfigure an existing Category I forest conservation easement in response to BRAC improvements, located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection with Connecticut Avenue and Jones Bridge Road; Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan -- UPDATE: REQUEST APPROVED
- 6-15-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: SHA to Begin Bethesda Trolley Trail Improvement Project
- 5-4-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: MCDOT to Begin Project to Elmhirst Parkway Bridge -- The construction is expected to take about nine months during which Elmhirst Parkway will be closed to traffic and detour routes will be established
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- 6-7-16 Maryland State Highway Administration: Six Mile Resurfacing Project Begins on I-495 Inner Loop in Bethesda -- Motorists Should Expect Single and Double Overnight Lane Closures
- 3-24-16 Bethesda Magazine: Purple Line-Related Utility Work To Begin in April in Downtown Bethesda -- Washington Gas must replace a gas line before construction of the Bethesda Metro Station South Entrance
- Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Web Site: WMATA's SafeTrack and Montgomery County
- 8-12-15 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock -- What’s new with summer road work in Maryland
- 1-14-16 Bethesda Magazine: In Reversal, National Institutes of Health Decides to Cap Number of Parking Spots on Bethesda Campus -- After outcry from local elected officials, federal agency says it won’t add more parking spots despite addition of up to 3,000 employees
- 12-11-15 Fort Detrick Standard: Restoration Efforts at Forest Glen Lead Discussion -- For more information on this topic, Fort Detrick will hold the next Forest Glen Annex Restoration Advisory Board Meeting Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Armed Forces Pest Management Board conference room, Building 172.
- 8-31-15 Washington Post Legal Notices: NOTICE OF PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND SEPT. 8, 2015 INFORMATION SESSION -- Action Memorandum for a Non-Time Critical Removal Action at the Ball Field Landfill/ Helipad / Rubble Dump Site, located at Forest Glen Annex (FGA) of Fort Detrick, Silver Spring, Maryland
- 8-10-15 Fort Detrick News Release: Fort Detrick leadership has announced the decision to fence off the a portion of the Ireland Creek Trail located at Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring to protect the public as the Army continues its environmental restoration efforts of the area
- 10-8-15 Government Executive: Intel Community Opens Campus in Suburban Maryland -- Some 3,000 employees of the 17-agency intelligence community have begun switching their commute to report to a “state-of-the-art” campus that opened on Wednesday in Bethesda, Md
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- 11-1-11 Leggett Praises $90 Million Federal Funding For Transit, Road & Pedestrian Improvements In Bethesda
- 7-12-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery Co. works to ease BRAC gridlock
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