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Bowie staff present 2025 transportation priority recommendations; council presses to keep US 301, Church Road on list
Summary
Planning staff reviewed the city’s recommended transportation priority list for state and county projects; councilmembers pressed to retain US 301 items and to add a short missing link on Church Road to improve safety and traffic flow.
Planning staff reviewed the City of Bowie’s draft 2025 transportation priority list on Sept. 2, summarizing state and county projects the city plans to endorse in letters to the Maryland Department of Transportation and Prince George’s County.
Richard Hall, the city’s director of planning and sustainability, said the draft list is similar to last year’s recommendations because available funding remains limited. Hall highlighted two state projects—MD 197 upgrades from US 50 toward MD 450 and MD 450 multimodal improvements between Stonybrook Drive and Racetrack Road—and county priorities including Church Road improvements and trail projects. Hall described the process steps for transportation projects (planning, design/engineering, right-of-way,…
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