The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing on the University Boulevard Corridor Plan on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, at 7 p.m. at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring to review recommendations on housing, development, transportation, and sustainability along a three-mile stretch of University Boulevard.
Per the news release: “The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing on the University Boulevard Corridor Plan on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, at 7 p.m. The Public hearing will take place at the Montgomery Blair High School Auditorium, 51 University Blvd. East, Silver Spring, MD 20901.
The plan makes recommendations within an approximately three mile stretch of University Boulevard (MD 193) from the edge of East Indian Spring Drive, just south of I-495, to Amherst Avenue in Wheaton. The recommendations include a new range of residential housing options for existing detached residential properties and new infill development on larger institutional and commercial properties. The draft recommendations also focus on traffic safety, regional connectivity, environmental sustainability, corridor-focused growth, economic development and providing more housing of all types, sizes and prices to meet a variety of housing needs. The plan explores opportunities for new transit-oriented housing, bikeways and bus rapid transit, as well as the creation of complete streets with wider sidewalks, comfortable public transportation stops, and safe access.
The plan amends the approved and adopted 1989 Master Plan for the Communities of Kensington-Wheaton, 1996 Four Corners Master Plan, 2001 Kemp Mill Master Plan, and 2012 Wheaton Central Business District and Vicinity Sector Plan. More information about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan is available on the Montgomery Planning website.
Two public hearings are scheduled for the University Boulevard Corridor Plan. The first will be conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at Montgomery Blair High School, which is located at 51 University Blvd. East in Silver Spring. The second public hearing will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. at the Council Office Building in Rockville. The Council received a briefing about the plan on Sept. 9. The Planning, Housing, and Parks (PHP) Committee is tentatively scheduled to begin its review of the plan on Sept. 29.”
