Katz calls for better dialogue between Council, School Board on bus depot

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...

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