SHA unveils River Road/Braeburn Pkwy. project at public meeting

The Maryland State Highway Administration uveiled a project designed to improve safety at a Bethesda intersection where 3 members of a Walt Whitman High School family died in 2016 last night, in a public meeting in the school's cafeteria. It will be constructed along River Road at its intersection with Braeburn Parkway, and at a crosswalk just east of there, which aligns with Pyle Road.

There were no surprises at the meeting; if you read my report yesterday, you had all of the information and diagrams shown last night for permanent concrete curb turning lanes at Braeburn Parkway, and a pedestrian-activated traffic signal at the crosswalk. SHA says that, if they go forward with the proposal, the final design could be completed this summer. Construction would begin this fall, and conclude by next summer.