[ERCA] Planning Commission is looking for your feedback on the draft Bikeway Master Plan

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Dear residents, 

The Rockville Planning Commission is looking for your feedback on the draft Bikeway Master Plan. The vision of the plan is to create a more well-connected and safer bicycle network for all types of trips within the city. The Planning Commission and staff listened to the first round of public testimony and have proposed some edits to the document. These edits can be found at the Bikeway Master Plan’s website: www.rockvillemd.gov/bikewaymasterplan. 

Community members have another opportunity to present their testimony on the draft Bikeway Master Plan and the proposed edits to the Planning Commission. Testimony can be submitted in several ways, including: 

1)        By writing a letter addressed to the City of Rockville Planning Commission, c/o Kevin Belanger, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850. 
2)        By sending an email to bike...@rockvillemd.gov. Please include your name, address, and affiliation (if applicable). Comments received without a valid name and address cannot be included in the public record. 
3)        By speaking at the public hearing at the Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 in the Mayor and Council Chambers at City Hall. Those wishing to speak may sign up in advance by calling 240-314-8200 by 4:00 pm on the day of the hearing. Priority will be given to speakers who sign up in advance. 
4)        By filling out the form at this link: http://rockvillemd.gov/FormCenter/Public-Works-8/2014-Bikeway-Master-Plan-Comments-and-Te-109 

Note that in the draft Bikeway Master Plan, bicycle projects are proposed in your neighborhood. Bike lanes are proposed in your neighborhood on S. Stonestreet Avenue and Park Road. Bike lanes and sharrows will be installed on S. Stonestreet Avenue as part of the S. Stonestreet Avenue Road Diet project. While no detailed engineering analysis has been completed to determine how a bike lane would be placed on Park Road, it was included in the draft Bikeway Master Plan because it was determined to be a critical connection between Rockville Town Center and the Rockville Metro Station. 

You and your neighbors will be given plenty of opportunity to comment on specific projects in your neighborhood when they are ready to be considered for implementation. If the introduction of a bike lane is determined to be unfeasible after a proper engineering analysis, staff will work with local residents to determine another option to accommodate bicycle travel. 

Please feel free to reach out to staff if you have questions on the draft Bikeway Master Plan. The city’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, Kevin Belanger, can be reached atkbel...@rockvillemd.gov or at 240-314-8509. 
  
Hjarman Cordero 
Senior Neighborhood Resources Coordinator 
City  Manager's Office 
111 Maryland Ave 
Rockville MD, 20850 
240.314.8344 
hcor...@rockvillemd.gov 

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Posted By ercaerca to ERCA at 9/04/2015 11:31:00 PM