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Residents raise questions about Rockville Town Center master plan, third-rail language and neighborhood traffic during community forum

2218015 · February 3, 2025
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Summary

Multiple residents used community forum to urge the council to revisit language in the Town Center Master Plan about a possible third rail, to press for clearer rezoning rationale in Planning Area 10, and to propose traffic-calming, signage and enforcement measures for Montrose and adjacent neighborhoods.

At the Feb. 3 Mayor and Council meeting, several residents spoke during community forum about redevelopment, the Town Center Master Plan’s reference to a possible third MARC track and neighborhood traffic and safety concerns in Montrose and surrounding areas.

Mark Preciola, a resident at 816 Fordham Street and a former elected council member, asked the council to remove a passage in the Town Center Master Plan supporting “a 3rd MARC rail” unless funding and feasibility confirmed it belonged in the plan’s geographic boundary. Preciola said the plan’s planning-area boundary places the eastern edge east of the Metro tracks and…

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