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Montrose residents urge Council to limit bike‑lane changes on Congressional Lane, cite parking and study errors
Summary
Resident groups from the Montrose neighborhood told the Rockville City Council that a proposed Complete Streets study on Congressional Lane understates parking demand and contains errors; they asked the city to limit bike lanes to sections with lower parking impact and to coordinate projects across planning areas.
Jeffrey Gantz, a Montrose neighborhood resident and representative of the Symantro Civic Association, addressed the City Council March 17 to urge caution on the Congressional Lane Complete Streets study and to ask the city to consider neighborhood parking, connectivity and seasonality when proposing bike lanes.
Gantz said the study’s parking data (which the study reported as 34 to 66 percent usage on the subject block) does not reflect seasonal peaks when sports and recreational leagues use Montrose Park. “If the parking on Congressional Lane…
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