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Residents press Montgomery County Council to approve $10.55 million for MCPS bus depot relocation
Summary
At a public hearing, residents from Durwood and Westside urged the council to approve a $10,550,000 supplemental appropriation (Resolution/Appropriation 25‑60) to relocate the Montgomery County Public Schools bus depot, saying the move is central to the long‑planned Shady Grove redevelopment and would reduce community impacts.
Montgomery County residents testified in favor of a $10,550,000 amendment and supplemental appropriation to the FY25–30 Capital Improvements Program to relocate the Montgomery County Public Schools bus depot, telling the County Council the project is essential to realizing the Shady Grove sector plan and reducing neighborhood impacts.
Dr. Carol Kosry, representing the Mid‑County Citizens Advisory Board, said the Shady Grove sector plan first approved in 2006 and reaffirmed in a 2020 minor master plan amendment envisioned moving the depot to allow a walkable, mixed‑use neighborhood with parks, civic space…
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