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I like the idea of extending Georgia Avenue to Silver Spring. It's how Silver Spring was founded, after all. A lot of the folks taking advantage of amenities in Silver Spring are D.C. residents. It would make it a lot easier for people who live in upper Georgia Avenue to get to job and amenities in Bethesda, Friendship Heights, White Flint, and Rockville via the Purple Line. Right now, those places on the western Red Line are hard to get to from upper Georgia Avenue as one would have to take a 70's bus to the J2 or #1 RideOn. The J2 and #1 are both pretty fast. The 70's... not so much.

It'll also give people who live west of the park access to all the emerging amenities (and those new businesses more customers) along upper Georgia Avenue that will open as the streetcar corridor redevelops.

As for money... we're having trouble getting MCDOT to proceed with building the new entrance to the Bethesda Metro and to prevent the County Executive from defunding this much-needed infrastructure.

by Cavan on Feb 10, 2012 10:30 am • link • report

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