Transportation Analysis Staff Report Out: The Plan is Out of Balance

The staff reports are out for the January 19 Montgomery County Council Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee work session.  You can read them here and here.  Of great surprise, Dr. Glenn Orlin, Deputy Council Staff Director, has analyzed the transportation sections of the plan and in his report, has stated that,

“Planning staff and Council staff concur that to reach 40% RAM (ed. note: Residential Arterial Mobility), only the proposed development in Phase I of the staging plan can be approved now: 3,000 dwelling units and 2 million square feet of non-residential development.”

And,

“…the Council has decided in the Growth Policy that the balance point should have RAM drop no lower than D, and Council staff will not recommend a plan that is out of balance.”

Surprise, surprise. While our coalition does not have the hundreds of thousands of dollars that the developers do, we do have this on our side: the unvarnished truth.

Please make sure to attend the January 19 PHED Committee Work Session and support our community.

DATE: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
TIME: 2PM
LOCATION: County Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville.  Parking available in parking garage at rear of building.