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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 21, 2020


The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will hold a public meeting to brief the community on and receive feedback about the 1,000-foot Capital Crescent Trail Tunnel underneath Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda. This project provides for the design and construction of the tunnel, adjacent to a future Purple Line station, and will connect pedestrians and bicyclists to downtown Silver Spring safely by providing an option to crossing Wisconsin Avenue, one of the busiest roads in downtown Bethesda.

Learn more about the project and view the meeting invite.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the all purpose room/cafeteria of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, located at 4301 East West Highway, Bethesda.

For more information or to provide formal written comments, contact:

Jon Hutchings, Project Manager MCDOT - Division of Transportation Engineering
100 Edison Park Drive, 4th Floor
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 240-777-7224

Join the hearing online at https://montgomerycounty.adobeconnect.com/capitalcrescenttrail.


Release ID: 20-014
Media Contact: Hannah Henn 240-777-8389

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