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The two big projects the county should take on, though I doubt they have the guts to do it, is a second Potomac crossing (outer beltway) and the Rockville Freeway (M-83). Both were in the master plan years ago, and would make a big dent in addressing congestion. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/11656/zombie-road-rises-from-the-dead-in-upcounty-montgomery/
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The two big projects the county should NOT take on are a second Potomac crossing and M-83.

A second Potomac crossing would go through the Agricultural Reserve and increase traffic. M-83 would go through parks, wetlands, and existing communities and dump people on roads that already have too much traffic. Both of them (as the Greater Greater Washington post says) reflect the way people thought about transportation in the 1960s. Building roads to reduce congestion is what got us into the mess we're in today. It doesn't work.

Not to mention, how much would those projects cost, and who would pay for them? M-83 alone, from Montgomery Village to Clarksburg, would probably be well over $500 million. Is that really the best thing the county can find to spend its money on?[/quote]

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