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[quote=Anonymous]This is the sorry situation that the rest of the county is currently experiencing (ex Potomac).

These hyperdense developments are springing up everywhere you look and school capacity limits are being waved left and right.  This is part of the master plan to "denisity" the county to facilitate greater use of public transport systems. In theory, most of the development should be happening around metro stations and more residents should offset the costs of school development, transport, etc.  Of course the reality is different and dense development (apartments, townhouses, and condos) are springing up in everywhere you look regardless of public transport facilities, which county residents are increasingly packed into trailers and class sizes continue to grow.

Proposed BRT systems (which would be inadequate to handle the new capacity) provide a justification to pack in more development.  Schools are not being built, which roads and transit construction is at a standstill.  Leggett's sole point of focus remains on funding the BRT systems so the dance can go on.  In exchange for your declining quality of life, your taxes will soon be going up.

http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2015/02/montgomery-county-exec-warns-significant-property-tax-hike-road/

http://wtop.com/sprawl-crawl/2015/01/montgomery-county-executive-leggett-pulls-ita-proposal/

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