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Montgomery County panel approves $1.05 million supplement for Burtonsville Access Road after soil issues
Summary
The Transportation & Environment Committee approved a $1,050,000 supplemental appropriation to the FY2026 capital budget for the Burtonsville Access Road after contractors found unstable soils along the route, requiring additional reinforcement.
The Transportation & Environment Committee on Dec. 8 approved a $1,050,000 supplemental appropriation (supplemental appropriation 2624) to the FY2026 capital budget for the Burtonsville Access Road to address unexpected soil conditions discovered as work began.
Chair Glass said the appropriation is necessary because "the soil underneath where the road would go is not solid enough, and so greater reinforcements are needed to make that road possible." Council staff and MCDOT representatives confirmed the original volume and cost estimates for replacement soils were too low.
Council staff noted the supplement draws on a GEO bond set-aside for FY2026 and that, after approving this and several other supplements, the set-aside would fall from $16.8 million to about $8.3 million. MCDOT staff summarized the operational issue as an increased volume and cost to replace inadequate soils.
The committee approved the supplemental appropriation "without objection." No named roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript for this item; the committee proceeded to the next agenda item after the approval.
The appropriation is intended to fund new roadway work between Spencerville Road and School Access Road in Burtonsville and to allow the project to proceed while engineers design the necessary soil reinforcement.
