| WHICH AREA IS NOT URBAN? |
In order to increase the levels of density to allow Johns Hopkins Real Estate to put 15,000 people
on Belward Farm, the Montgomery County Planning Board contrived the Gaithersburg West
Master Plan.
If the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) runs through our area it will be considered a
"transit-oriented development" and therefore "urban" which essentially allows for higher levels
of traffic congestion.
The traffic tests are different for urban and suburban areas. The allowable speeds for an
"urban" area are much lower. For instance, it would not be considered a problem if the average
speed on Great Seneca Highway fell to 10 mph, much like Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda.
The Gaithersburg West Master Plan, now called the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan,
may bring as many as 50,000 additional people to the area. The Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT)
is expected to carry only about 12% - 15% of the additional people leaving 85% or tens of
thousands of additional cars on the already congested roads. To handle the crush of additional
traffic, the roads would be widened to six- and eight-lanes with multilevel highway interchanges
in the so-called urban transit-oriented development.
This scheme will return: Failed attempt to facilitate development in so-called "urban areas" will
be tried again - Jim Humphrey, Montgomery Civic Federation, March 25, 2010
on Belward Farm, the Montgomery County Planning Board contrived the Gaithersburg West
Master Plan.
If the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) runs through our area it will be considered a
"transit-oriented development" and therefore "urban" which essentially allows for higher levels
of traffic congestion.
The traffic tests are different for urban and suburban areas. The allowable speeds for an
"urban" area are much lower. For instance, it would not be considered a problem if the average
speed on Great Seneca Highway fell to 10 mph, much like Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda.
The Gaithersburg West Master Plan, now called the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan,
may bring as many as 50,000 additional people to the area. The Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT)
is expected to carry only about 12% - 15% of the additional people leaving 85% or tens of
thousands of additional cars on the already congested roads. To handle the crush of additional
traffic, the roads would be widened to six- and eight-lanes with multilevel highway interchanges
in the so-called urban transit-oriented development.
This scheme will return: Failed attempt to facilitate development in so-called "urban areas" will
be tried again - Jim Humphrey, Montgomery Civic Federation, March 25, 2010
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The Planning Board said they are planning for the residents of tomorrow, not the residents of today. They are ignoring the fact that the residents of tomorrow will be living in our homes and will need to travel about the county, just as we do today. CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH AREA WILL NEVER BE URBAN. |