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Montgomery County committee backs accelerated road funding for White Oak Science Gateway
Summary
The county’s Economic Development Committee accepted a staff recommendation to advance $30 million in GO bond funding to accelerate roads work at the White Oak Science Gateway redevelopment, after developers and county staff described a more definite construction schedule and a projected late‑year groundbreaking.
The Economic Development Committee on a briefing accepted a staff recommendation to accelerate county funding for roads at the White Oak Science Gateway redevelopment site in East County.
The amended capital improvements program (CIP) moves a larger share of the project’s work forward so the county’s road participation funding—about $30 million in general obligation (GO) bond proceeds in fiscal 2026—will be available to reimburse the developer as roadway construction proceeds.
The White Oak Science Gateway redevelopment is a long‑running effort the county estimates as a $45,000,000 CIP project, primarily for construction of master plan roadways. “This CIP project is the $45,000,000 project to support construction of roads primarily on the White Oak site,” Council staff said during the briefing. County staff described earlier appropriation of the larger $40,000,000…
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