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County Council Passes Design Funding for Metro Entrance |
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On December 2, 2008, the Montgomery County Council approved $2 million in development and evaluation (D&E) funding for the new Forest Glen Metro entrance. The council also approved $3 million in D&E money for a redesign of Georgia Avenue between Forest Glen Road and 16th Street. These two projects are part of a funding package to jumpstart state transportation projects around the county totaling $51.2 million.
County Council Member George Leventhal, a member of the council's Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment (T&E) Committee, pushed hard to fund our project inside his committee. His work was indispensable to our cause. District 5 County Council Member Valerie Ervin appeared before the committee to make sure our project was included. Council Members Nancy Floreen (who is the T&E Chair), Marc Elrich and Duchy Trachtenberg are long-time supporters of the new Metro entrance and voted in favor of the funding along with the rest of the council.
All residents of our neighborhood owe a debt of gratitude to our friends on the County Council. The D&E funding is a necessary step to eventual construction of the project!
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