Community Meetings Will Address ‘Walkability Studies” and Safety Needs for Six Schools

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will hold a series of in-person meetings to present the findings of six school “walkability studies” to address study findings and discuss the sidewalk and safety needs of students walking and biking to the studied schools. The studies involve Kensington Parkwood Elementary (Kensington); Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, Lake Seneca Elementary and Waters Landing Elementary (Germantown); and Rosemary Hills Elementary and Rock Creek Forest Elementary (Silver Spring).

Each of the walkability studies reviewed the condition of existing infrastructure and recommended improvements that may be implemented within the school walkshed to provide safe and accessible routes for students walking and biking to school. The community meetings will help County staff better understand safety needs and plan future sidewalk and safety improvement projects within the school walkshed.

Registration is not required to attend. Feedback and information provided will become a matter of public record. Prior to each meeting, residents are encouraged to review the walkability study on each of the project websites here.

The meetings will be held at the following locations:

• Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, Lake Seneca Elementary and Waters Landing Elementary Schools. Wednesday, Oct. 23. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 13737 Wisteria Dr., Germantown.
• Rosemary Hills Elementary and Rock Creek Forest Elementary Schools. Thursday, Dec. 5. 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Rosemary Hills Elementary School All Purpose Room, 2111 Porter Road, Silver Spring.

Comments and questions may be submitted by email to walkyourway@montgomerycountymd.gov or by phone 240-777-2192. The deadline to submit comments is Sunday, Jan. 5. Written feedback will carry the same weight as oral testimony.

Learn more about MCDOT’s Safe Routes to School by visiting the program website here.