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Observation Drive drives roads program increase; district council pushes to restore Summit Avenue funding

Montgomery County Council Transportation and Environment Committee · February 10, 2026
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Summary

Observation Drive Extended is the largest new roads project in the executive’s CIP recommendation and drove a near-doubling of the roads program; district council members urged reinstating the Summit Avenue extension in Kensington and asked for an updated, inflation-adjusted schedule.

The executive’s proposed FY27–32 CIP adds Observation Drive Extended as a major roads project, which staff said accounts for the largest portion of the recommended roads program increase. Observation Drive Extended would design and construct a new alignment through privately owned properties to create a network connection; staff…

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