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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS isn't the problem. [b]The County leadership and Planning Board is. They are the ones who keep approving - no, encouraging - more development. [/b]They need to devise a process that forces developers to fund infrastructure improvements made necessary by the new properties. Chevy Chase Lake (which will feed into the BCC cluster) is equally terrifying in terms of potential impact on schools and transportation.[/quote]

This!  It is ridiculous that they allow developers to keep building these mixed use developments all around the county without seeming to give any thought to how that will effect infrastructure.  [/quote]

I'm under no illusion that these developments aren't going forward, but we residents can't hold these developers hostage when MCPS sits on its hands.  If MCPS isn't engaged, there isn't anyone at the table saying, "No, you can't add 100-200 more students to this community given the schools we have in the area unless we have (1) a new school, or (2) build additions to these X schools, so you (developer) need to factor $X into your budget to help defray the cost to the community your development will create.  But no, MCPS sends Bruce Crispell to these meetings to tell residents that MCPS won't do anything until the developers are done, which means 100% of the costs are borne by the taxpayers.  The developer gets its project and the profits, and isn't making the investment it should into the infrastructure that's supposed to support the development because MCPS doesn't challenge anything the developer says.  After the developers are gone, we residents have to deal with the overcrowding at the schools and also have to pay to support additions -- which of course won't be built anywhere near us because school construction funds are tight state-wide and no one thinks Bethesda needs anything.[/quote]

Bingo. And it's not just roads and schools - it's all sorts of services. For example, swim classes were FULL by 9 am today - just 2.5 hours after registration opened. The pools are overcrowded. You can't find parking at Grosvenor metro and more...[/quote]

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