Cedar Lane to close for 2 months

swinokur · May 17, 2014

FYI

http://www.bethesdanow.com/2014/02/20/cedar-lane-closing-for-3-months-starting-in-june/

I thought better here than the WC.

Klunatic · May 17, 2014

That's going to suck. Article is lacking in detail, closed from where to where? The way it reads the entire length of Cedar lane is closed.

HT4 · May 20, 2014

I've known about this for a while. I live behind the military hospital, off Cedar... this is going to royally screw me over.

swinokur · May 20, 2014

Am I wrong in thinking it's just the intersection that will be closed?

Fishguy · May 20, 2014

$88 million to add turn lanes to 4 intersections. Hmm.

Seems like a bargain at first glance, but $88 million here, $88 million there, it all adds up. After a while we're talking real money.

swinokur · May 20, 2014

4 intersections. Does this just mean all 4 portions of one intersection or 4 different ones? I can't think of anything but Wisc. and Cedar lane.

HT4 · May 20, 2014

swinokur said:
Am I wrong in thinking it's just the intersection that will be closed?

My understanding is that Cedar will be closed east of 355 for intersection improvement... I assume there will be lots of lane closures on 355 during this time because the turning lanes will be expanded. At the same time, I think they are moving the Cedar Ln entrance to Stone Ridge east such that it lines up with W. Parkhill, and a new traffic light is going in there... so it will be closed at least that far (about 200 yards). If it was closed any farther, they would be blocking the entrance to my neighborhood!

That's the only part I know about because it affects me most directly.

Fishguy · May 20, 2014

Your article provides a link to the state website. On the state site, there is another link to the scope of work which details all the intersection work being done under the federal grant. That's where I got 4 intersections.

swinokur · May 20, 2014

oh ok-got it-thanks.

swinokur · May 20, 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...9a95cc-df63-11e3-9442-54189bf1a809_story.html

MJD438 · May 21, 2014

Here is the SHA advisory, courtesy of a notification we received at my rescue squad.

swinokur · May 21, 2014

very nice. thanks

HT4 · May 21, 2014

I, for one, will not be using the official detour...

Bob A · May 21, 2014

So, close Walter Reed, move it to Bethesda Naval, across the street from NIH, and down the street from USUHS, and leave the roadways unchanged.

Thanks, Base Closing Team. (They were supposed to deal with infrastructure upgrades before initiating the move. Right.)

Big plus: DC is licking its chops and figuring how best to fill the old Walter Reed campus with tax cattle. Might take a while. The Armed Forces Pathology Museum was built to survive nuclear blast; should be fun watching them try to dismantle it. Also brilliant to close a huge military hospital in the top tier terrorist target city; maybe NYC is number one, but DC has to be no lower than second-best. (Although it almost doesn't matter; after the first wave of patients fills all the area hospitals, another couple hundred beds will make little difference to the outcome.)

Whole area just annoys the sh!t out of me. Can't wait to leave.

HT4 · May 22, 2014

Bob A said:
So, close Walter Reed, move it to Bethesda Naval, across the street from NIH, and down the street from USUHS, and leave the roadways unchanged.

Thanks, Base Closing Team. (They were supposed to deal with infrastructure upgrades before initiating the move. Right.)

Big plus: DC is licking its chops and figuring how best to fill the old Walter Reed campus with tax cattle. Might take a while. The Armed Forces Pathology Museum was built to survive nuclear blast; should be fun watching them try to dismantle it. Also brilliant to close a huge military hospital in the top tier terrorist target city; maybe NYC is number one, but DC has to be no lower than second-best. (Although it almost doesn't matter; after the first wave of patients fills all the area hospitals, another couple hundred beds will make little difference to the outcome.)

Whole area just annoys the sh!t out of me. Can't wait to leave.

The only improvement they made was to expand the North gate to include several lanes, which may have helped... however, in true military form, they got all the hardware without any new staffing. Generally, all but one of the new entrance lanes are closed, making it no better than the previous situation (actually, worse, because it now backs up onto 355 in two places).

The one thing they could do to really help the situation is change shifts such that the facility does not empty out during rush hour... even if is temporary until the roads are improved to handle the additional volume.

This whole situation ticks me off... with the location of my house, distance wise, I can probably count on my fingers the number of homes more inconvenienced... If I didn't have to drop my son at day care, I might just take the metro all summer, but even that is not an option. Well, I guess I just need to grease up the cornhole, because .gov is coming in!

HT4 · May 22, 2014

Just got this email through my neighborhood email group:

Hello.

This is a reminder that the State Highway Administration (SHA) will be closing a 1,000 foot section of Cedar Lane in Bethesda, starting 12:01 AM Friday morning June 6 through mid-August. SHA must close Cedar Lane between Rockville Pike and Elmhirst Parkway(at the Stone Ridge School) in order to replace aging pipes that run underneath Cedar Lane.

This is part of a larger project to make urgently needed improvements to the intersection of Rockville Pike (MD 355) at Cedar Lane. This intersection is one of the most congested in the County. The problems at the intersection have been exacerbated by BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) which brought thousands more personnel and visitors to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. When it is completed, this project will make the intersection function better and more safely for vehicles and pedestrians. This project is one of several designed to improve roads, transit, bike and pedestrian facilities around the military medical center.

PLAN YOUR SUMMER ROUTE! Cedar Lane won’t be an option between Bethesda and points to the east between June 6 and mid-August. Here is a link to SHA’s prescribed detours around the work zone:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/brac/Resources/Files/CedarLaneClosureSHA-DetourMap052014.pdf

SCHOOLS: Please note that the closure will affect the last week of Montgomery County Public Schools, as well as MCPS summer programs. MCPS signed off on the June 6 closure to help ensure that Cedar Lane would re-open prior to the opening of schools on August 25. MCPS will alter affected bus routes during the road closure; families will be notified of route changes.

Please circulate this information widely so that people can plan ahead.

Thanks!

Phil Alperson
Montgomery County Military Installations/BRAC Coordinator
Office of County Executive Ike Leggett
101 Monroe Street, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
phone: 240-777-2595
fax: 240-777-2517
phil.alperson@montgomerycountymd.gov
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/brac
Visit the web site often; it is updated frequently
Follow us on Twitter: @BracMoCoMD

anderson76 · May 22, 2014

I just saw the signs up there today. This is going to suck.

redeemed.man · May 22, 2014

What are all you rich guys whining about :lol2:

If you can afford to live in Bethesda you can just use your personal helicopter to go over the traffic :lol2:

Just kidding guys, don't send me hate mail.

swinokur · May 23, 2014

Some ex members think blue collar guys live in Bethesda.

How gauche !!

HT4 · May 23, 2014

boundlessdyad said:
What are all you rich guys whining about If you can afford to live in Bethesda you can just use your personal helicopter to go over the traffic

Just kidding guys, don't send me hate mail.

The problem is that my pilot can't get to my house anymore... :mad54:

I suppose I can put him up in the servants' quarters for the summer, along with my stable of hot maids, nannies, cooks and nurses. :thumbsup:

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