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[quote=Anonymous]The premise of this post is false and misunderstands a few things.

First, some of the absolute worst and lowest quality roads in this county are in Potomac, Poolesville and Boyd’s/Dickerson areas. You may want to venture out there some time because big parts of the agriculture reserve have been abandoned by the county in terms of government services, including road maintenance.

Second, the county is so adamantly refusing to maintain roads in the northwestern part of the county that many roads have been officially designated as “rustic roads”, which is a way to spin this divestment as a good thing.

Third, where there are newer quality roads, the only reason why they exist is because developers have paid for them through impact fees, which explains what is going on around Travilah. The county legally cannot collect those fees and use them for other purposes. So if there are poorly maintained roads in Takoma Park/Silver Spring, the easiest way to get that rectified is through getting your neighborhood upzoned so that a developer will come in and build some multi family housing. [/quote]

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