Monday, July 17, 2017

Bethesda Ave. resurfacing could begin as soon as tonight

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation Division of Highway Services is scheduled to begin resurfacing of Bethesda Avenue between Woodmont Avenue and Arlington Road as soon as tonight. Nighttime work hours will be from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM, and the project is expected to take a week to complete.

Work will include milling, patching, resurfacing, and modifications to curbs, gutters, sidewalks, ADA ramps and storm drain inlets. Residents of the Flats at Bethesda Avenue and Upstairs at Bethesda Row may want to pick up earplugs or fire up the white noise machine.

The County is tremendously late in addressing the poor surface conditions of Bethesda Avenue. Especially as a main route through the high-end shopping area of Bethesda Row, the state of the roadway has been an embarrassment. But it's a predictable embarrassment, when you remember that none of the current County Council members lives in Bethesda.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

If they lived in Bethesda, you'd be bitching that they spend too much on rent and are overpaid.

G'head. Delete it.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow ok thought this was a great straight news report at first. Then it goes into your campaign talking points.

Anonymous said...

I live in downtown Bethesda and that road is not that bad at all. there are many many many more roads far off in the county that need more attention than this. Priorities.

Anonymous said...

He's been charming the voters with taunts of Baba Booey.
I had to explain what that meant to the kids in the store. hahaha

Anonymous said...

It's not nice to plagiarize a MoCo Cartel press release in your first two paragraph, and then attack them in the third paragraph.

Anonymous said...

Robert had been doing so well with just being a reporter recently too...You can slant the article, but you gotta be more subtle.

Anonymous said...

I was driving this yesterday and wondering when it was going to be resurfaced. It definitely needs it, and it's probably in the worst condition of any heavily-used road in downtown Bethesda (mainly because Arlington was recently resurfaced).

What they should really do is get rid of the street parking here and widen the sidewalk. Any plans for that?

Robert Dyer said...

6:13: No less subtle than the Washington Post.

5:59: There was no press release, or if there is, I didn't receive it. I had another source.

5:51: Legitimate criticism, as the Council has fallen behind on road maintenance. 99% of people agree with me, I'm very confident to say.

5:52: Actually, there are many roads worse than this right here in Bethesda. But the condition of Bethesda Avenue is currently embarrassing, given its upscale surroundings. This is long overdue.

Anonymous said...

Let the record show that I asked a simple question -- "MCDOT reports to the County Executive, no?" -- and that comment was deleted.

Is this a news blog, or an agenda-driven campaign propaganda site?

Robert Dyer said...

8:11: You must have deleted it yourself. I never saw any such comment. There would have been no problem with that comment.

Anonymous said...

Nobody who posts anonymously can delete their own comments. You need a blogger profile or to be an admin to be able to do so.

I can hyperlink

Roald said...

If "Anonymous" would get out of his hole and go into the community, he'd speak with dedicated Dyer readers all over Bethesda.

Friends of Woodmont Triangle said...

The people I speak to in the community all see Robert very favorably. I don't know if you go outside or not, but if you actually speak to people, they all think he has done a wonderful job with his work. Also, a kid may have vandalized that tastee diner sign. I highly doubt they would put that up themselves since Robert already broke the news on the sale.

Anonymous said...

Did Robert really break the news on the sale Woodmont? I didn't know it had been sold yet.

Anonymous said...

"Roald" you do realize you're anonymous as well?

Roald said...

My name is Roald, what is your name Anonymous?

Real Roald said...

No, my name is Roald, what's your real name Roald?

Anonymous said...

My name is Alice and we are both still anonymous.

Real Real Roald said...

My name is Real Roald. Real Roald is my real name. Really.

Anonymous said...

Roald @ 8:32 AM:

"If "Anonymous" would get out of his hole and go into the community, he'd speak with dedicated Dyer readers all over Bethesda."

Friends of Woodmont Triangle @ 8:32 AM:

"The people I speak to in the community all see Robert very favorably. I don't know if you go outside or not, but if you actually speak to people, they all think he has done a wonderful job with his work."

Tweedle-Dumb and Tweedle-Dumber type the same thing in the same minute. LOL