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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Silver Spring would be better off incorporating as a city. As a city it would have more control over land use and transportation decisions.[/quote]

No, it wouldn't. It would be incorporated, but it would not have planning authority, authority over the big roads, or authority over RideOn, Metrobus, Metro, and the Purple Line.

To say nothing of the issue of what is and isn't "Silver Spring"...[/quote]

NP. What are you talking about? [b]As a city, Silver Spring would indeed have planning authority[/b] and could collaborate with WMATA and Montgomery County -- when necessary -- on transit projects and transit services. It would own/maintain local streets and have greater authority to work with the state on streetscape and other improvements to state highways that pass through its jurisdiction.

I imagine that if a City of Silver Spring ever came into being, it would not encompass all of the current areas that have a Silver Spring postal address. This would be similar to Falls Church, VA, and Fairfax, VA.

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Nope. Whatever the boundaries of an incorporated Silver Spring, M-NCPPC would retain authority over planning, WSSC would retain authority over water and sewer. [/quote]

So, what does the Rockville Planning Department do?[/quote]

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