ROCKVILLE
– County Council member Sidney Katz (D-3) called for better
communication between his colleagues, the city of Rockville and
Montgomery County Public Schools about a possible new bus depot some
local residents fear may cause traffic and noise problems.
During a Wednesday
night town hall meeting he hosted at Beall Elementary School, Katz
discussed the Shady Grove bus depot located at Crabbs Branch Way.
The depot is part of
the property the county is selling for the Shady Grove sector plan. That
depot holds approximately 400 buses.
Katz referenced the
proposal to relocate about 100 of those buses to the front of the Carver
Educational Services Center along Hungerford Drive, property owned by
MCPS.
He said Montgomery College students use the space to park their cars.
“The bus depot is one of those issues that are an extremely difficult one,” Katz said.
Board of Education
member Rebecca Smondrowski said the idea emerged from the team focusing
on the relocation of the Shady Grove Depot. Smondrowski said this team
includes people from the county government and the school district.
Several attendees at the town hall meeting asked Katz why he voted in favor of the depot.
“There are places where this is okay to do. I believe that the buses need to go somewhere, not there,” Katz said...
http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/newsx/local/item/3279-katz-calls-for-better-dialogue-between-council-school-board-on-bus-depot
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