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MNCPPC study recommends bridge at Old Calvert Road site; county planners suggest near-term road improvements
Summary
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission presented a feasibility study for a pedestrian/bike bridge to connect Old Calvert Road Park to the Northeast Branch Trail and recommended pursuing a bridge at the Old Calvert alignment while advancing shorter-term Campus Drive/Old Calvert Road safety improvements.
County park planners told the College Park City Council on Oct. 7 that a feasibility study funded by a state bond shows a pedestrian-and-bike bridge across the Northeast Branch is constructible but faces substantial permitting, floodplain and environmental-review hurdles.
Sonya Ewing, division chief for Park Planning and Environmental Stewardship at the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC), and Bob Patton, program manager, presented findings from a consultant study that examined four locations: (1) a bridge near Old Calvert Road access across the stream, (2) a bridge closer to the…
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