An Amendment to the Master Plan of Highways (Transportation) Within Montgomery County
Planning Board Draft
April 2003

In Montgomery County – Capital Beltway High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Project between the American Legion Bridge and the West Spur I-270, and Interchange at the Intersection of Randolph Road and Veirs Mill Road)

The purpose of this limited master plan amendment is to revise the Master Plan of Highways (Transportation) and related area master plans and to document the need for: 1) high-occupancy vehicle lanes on the Capital Beltway (I-495) between the American Legion Bridge and the I-270 West Spur and, 2) a grade-separated interchange where Randolph Road and Veirs Mill Road (MD 586) intersect.

This Amendment will also amend the General Plan (On Wedges and Corridors) for the Physical Development of the Maryland-Washington Regional District within Montgomery County, as amended; and the 2002 Potomac Sub-region Master Plan, 1990 Bethesda Chevy-Chase Master Plan, as amended; and the 1989 Master Plan for the Communities of Kensington-Wheaton, as amended.

Copies of the Planning Board Draft Amendment are available to the public at the Commission’s Montgomery Regional Office Building at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. Reference copies are also available at local public libraries.

Planning Board Draft: An Ammendment to the Master Plan of Highways (transportation) Within Montgomery County

Synopsis of the Master Plan Process and Description of the Recommended Amendment