The former Exxon gas station site at 7340 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda has been accepted into the Voluntary Cleanup Program by the Maryland Department of the Environment. Subsurface soil and groundwater tests have indicated petroleum compounds are present in both. Greystar Development East, LLC plans to redevelop the property with a 308-unit apartment tower with ground floor retail and restaurant space. A proposed response action plan (RAP) includes removal and off-site disposal of the impacted soil and groundwater, and implementation of controls to mitigate potential exposure to toxic material by construction workers and future residents on the site.
Greystar applied to the MDE for acceptance into the program for the long-dormant site in May 2023. A public meeting on the RAP has been scheduled for August 14, 2023 from 6:00 to 7:00 PM in the Medium Room of the Connie Morella Library at 7400 Arlington Road in Bethesda.
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It won't happen but this plot of land would actually be a perfect place for the county to get creative with green space. A small amphitheater with different levels of green space with water features, tables, etc. that could be used daily at all hours with the amphitheater getting use on summer nights and other special events.
Yes - will never happen...
Yeah, an amphitheater.
Right near a busy intersection. Nice.
Maybe we could put in a woonerf next to it? (joke)
Of course it won’t happen. It’s approved for a 25 story high mixed-use high-rise that is about to start construction.
The expansion of Elm Street Park behind the Farm Women’s Market is a much better green space idea, and is already in the pipeline.
This expanded park would be near the new epicenter of downtown Bethesda, at the intersection of the new south entrance to the Metro, the new purple LIne Station, the future BRT station and the CCT, which will include a 425 space, two level bike parking deck. The current epicenter of downtown at the intersection of Wisconsin, East West Highway and Old Georgetown Road will remain a tired central business district, with very little pedestrian activity.
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