Montgomery County has released its Fiscal Year 2027 Vision Zero Work Plan, outlining roadway safety projects, enforcement efforts and other initiatives aimed at eliminating serious injuries and fatalities on county roads.
The plan includes work on several high-injury corridors. Safety corridor construction is expected to wrap up this fall along Bel Pre Road between Rippling Brook Drive and Layhill Road and Montgomery Village Avenue between Wightman Road and Mid-County Highway. Additional short-term improvements are planned along portions of Randolph Road and East Gude Drive.
The State Highway Administration is also advancing projects, including ongoing construction along New Hampshire Avenue near the Beltway and upcoming work on University Boulevard West between Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road.
Other projects include more than five miles of new sidewalks, 13 bikeway projects under construction and another 11 in design. MCDOT and the state are also working on pedestrian and bicycle connections to future Purple Line and Bus Rapid Transit stations, including completion of the Capital Crescent Trail between Bethesda and Silver Spring.
Safe Routes to School efforts will include walkability audits at 15 schools and at least 10 bike rodeos. Montgomery County Police also plans to expand automated enforcement by activating certain red-light cameras to function as speed cameras during green lights where permitted under state law and where excessive speeding has been identified.
County Executive Marc Elrich said funding for the county’s Pedestrian Safety Program has increased 188%, from $1.78 million in Fiscal Year 2018 to $5.12 million in Fiscal Year 2027. According to the county, its safety corridor programs have contributed to a 29% reduction in serious and fatal collisions along high-injury corridors.
