Update: The meeting will be held at Montgomery Village Middle School (19300 Watkins Mill Rd, Montgomery Village). It was originally scheduled to be held at Neelsville Middle School
Montgomery Planning will hold a community meeting at Montgomery Village Middle School on October 23, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM to gather input on whether to keep or remove the unbuilt sections of the Midcounty Highway Extended from the Master Plan.
Per Councilmember Marilyn Balcombe: “On October 3rd, the Planning Board voted to consider removing the unbuilt northern and southern extensions of Midcounty Highway Extended (M-83), including the adjacent bikeway, from the Master Plan of Highways and Transitways (MPOHT). This Planning Board vote caught many people in Clarksburg community by surprise as the draft of the MPOHT left the roadway intact. You can read more about the issue on MPOHT’s 2024 technical update website.
To provide more time for comment, Planning staff is hosting a community meeting tonight from 6-8PM at Neelsville Middle School (11700 Neelsville Church Road, Germantown, MD 20876) to receive community feedback about whether to keep or remove these unbuilt sections of M-83 from the MPOHT. I encourage you to attend to share your thoughts. You can RSVP for the event here.
The Planning Board will also hold an MPOHT public hearing on November 14th at 6:30PM to receive additional formal testimony about the unbuilt sections of M-83. Community members can sign up to testify live at the hearing either in-person or online via Microsoft Teams. Written comments can also be shared with the Planning Board via email by noon on Thursday, November 28, 2024. Written comments must reference the hearing date, the item, and a mailing address. Please note that while it is important to share feedback at the community meeting, your formal testimony is necessary to included in the record.”