ROCKVILLE, Md. — A Montgomery County council committee has approved an $8 million supplemental budget to pay for resurfacing of roads in eight communities.
The Transportation, Infrastructure, and Environment Committee voted 3-0 to add the money to patch, mill and pave roughly 21 miles of roads in neighborhoods in areas of Silver Spring, Chevy Chase, Gaithersburg and Potomac.
County documents refer to 42 “lane miles” as slated for work. Most of the roads identified for resurfacing are two-lane roads.
Roger Berliner, who heads the committee, said the communities chosen to get the resurfaced roads were selected based on need.
“This is not a subjective analysis,” he said, referring to the team from the Department of Transportation that identified the neighborhoods slated for work. “They go out and look at the roads and determine ‘Where are the worst roads in our county?’ and then that’s the priority.”
The full council is scheduled to vote on the funding next week at its regular Tuesday legislative session. Six votes are needed to pass the supplemental budget.
The project identified the following neighborhoods for the resurfacing projects:
- Heritage Farm
- Kenwood
- Flower Hill
- Seneca Whetstone
- Emory Grove Hills
- Parkridge Estates
- Fox Hall
- Lutes/Wilton Oaks
