WOODMONT AVENUE REOPENING PROMISED FOR AUGUST 15. REALLY? (PHOTOS)

For several months, word has been that the currently-closed section of Woodmont Avenue east of Bethesda Row would be reopening to traffic this month. Yesterday, an electronic sign near Bethesda Metro Center officially touted an August 15 reopening date. It certainly is in the realm of possibility to complete this task by then, but... is this new road subject to current standards, or not?

If you look at the current condition of Woodmont Avenue between The Darcy and The Flats, it doesn't look close to being finished. Then if you consider the standards of 2014 - sidewalk specifications and construction, bike lanes, Bethesda Streetscape standards, traffic signals, etc., this would require a Herculean effort to reopen to traffic on August 15.

Of course, the shutdown of Woodmont was impressively completed like clockwork when the project began. I'm still a bit skeptical that all of this can be done in 13 days.