# Presentation: 806558

## Slide 1

## MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) at Randolph Road

**MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) at Randolph Road**

## Purpose

**Improve vehicular, bicyclists and pedestrian safety**
**Improve Levels of Service**
**Increase capacity**
**Improve mobility and accessibility for the public**

## Need

**Inadequate capacity**
**Safety for motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists**
**Inefficient mobility and accessibility**
**High accident location**
**High Traffic Volumes**
**Montgomery County priority project**

## Overview

**Project Costs**
**Preliminary Engineering - $2.7 M (funded)**
**Construction - $45.8M (unfunded)**
**Right-of-Way Acquisition - $23.8 M (unfunded)**

## Overview

**Proposed Grade Separation **
**Limits:**
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**MD 97 From Mason Street on the south to MD 182 (Layhill Road)**
**Approximately 1,900 ft**
**Randolph Road From 300 ft west of Judson Road to 500 ft east of Glenmont Circle**
**Approximately 2,200 ft**

## Overview

## Overview

**Proposed Grade Separation:**
**Randolph Road lowered over 25 ft**
**ADT:**
**MD 97 - 89,250 (2025)**
**Randolph Road - 52,000 (2020)**
**Structures:**
**(1) Structure carrying MD 97 over Randolph Road**
**(4) Retaining Walls**

## Overview

**Major Utility Relocations:**
**PEPCO (Electric) – 69,000 volts**
**Verizon (Communications) – Major Communications and Fiberoptics**
**Complex Maintenance of Traffic Plan:**
**(7) Stages requiring detours to be built to the South to move traffic from the tunnel footprint**
**Typical Sections:**
**MD 97**
**(3) 11’-0” lanes each direction with turning lanes**
**5’-0” outside shoulder, variable width median, sidewalks**
**Randolph Road**
**(2) 11’-0” lanes each way through tunnel**
**On top eastbound – three lanes- lt, lt/thr,rt**
**On top westbound – four lanes- two lt, lt/thr,rt**
**8’-0” Shared off street pedestrian/bicycle path**
**Sidewalks**

## Overview

## Overview

## Overview

**Profiles:**
**MD 97 raised less than 2 ft above existing grade**
**Randolph Rd depressed approximately 25 ft below existing grade**
**Design Status:**
**Plans are approximately 65-70% complete  **
**Utility Breakout Project - advance construct PEPCO/Verizon (on-going)**
**(1) Year Design and (2) Year Construction after design is complete**
**Right of Way Plats have been issued**
**Permits required: **
**Stormwater Management, ESC, DNR Roadside Tree Permit**

## Overview

## Overview

## Project Activities and Schedules

**Location Design Approval – 2002**
**Preliminary Engineering Begins - 2003**
**Milestone Reviews**
**P.I. Review (30%) - January, 2004**
**Semi- Final Review (65%) - November, 2004**
**Right of Way Plats issued - January, 2007**
**ACTT Workshop September 2007**

## Major Project Challenges

**Utility Relocations**
**PEPCO and Verizon (Require 2 year Construction) **
**Plan of Action:**
**Relocate utilities from beneath the existing intersection to beneath residential streets**
**Judson Road**
**Sheraton Road**

## Overview

**Judson Road**

**Sheraton Road**

## Major Project Challenges

**Kensington Volunteer Fire Department (KVFD)**
**Property is a total take**
**Replacement site and funding for new facility under negotiations between:**
**Montgomery County**
**KVFD**
**Prior to taking of the Existing Facility**
**A new site or replacement services at existing locations must be provided prior to condemnation**

## Major Project Challenges

**Kensington Volunteer Fire Department **

## Major Project Challenges

**Complex Maintenance of Traffic**
**Highly urbanized and constrained area**
**Properties tight in all four quadrants  **
**7 Stage MOT including **
**New detour roads to move traffic from footprint of intersection to allow the tunnel structure to be built**
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## Existing Conditions – MD 97 (Georgia Avenue)

**MD 97 N. of Randolph Rd **
**Looking South**

**MD 97 S. of Randolph Rd**
**Looking North**

## Existing Conditions – Randolph Road 

**Existing Conditions – Randolph Road **

**Eastbound**

**Westbound**

## MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) at Randolph Road

**QUESTIONS?**