Issue Position: Transportation

Issue Position

Our region is in desperate need for new and innovative transportation and transit solutions. Traffic is our number one detractor for improving our quality of life, as well as being a drain on the economy and a hazard to the environment. We need to get more people out of their cars even as our population continues to grow and industry continues to expand.

With the depletion of the State's Transportation Trust Fund, we need to find new sources of transportation revunue that is fair and equitable to all, while meeting our goals for funding our massive transportation and transit needs.

Building the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) and the Purple Line will be a huge step in helping to achieve this aim. The CCT is a critical link between UpCounty Montgomery and the Shady Grove Metro Station, and is the lynch pin in spuring hundreds of millions of dollars in new science and technology development in the Great Seneca Science Corridor. The Purple Line is a vital link between east and west county that will help to take thousands of cars off of the road and provide a mass transit alternative between Bethesda, Silver Spring, and College Park.

Finally, the planned development of the Watkins Mills Town Center and the redevelopment in the area in and around Lakeforest Mall cannot move forward without the construction of the Watkins Mill Interchange.

While in Annapolis, I am fighting for these and many other transportation needs for Montgomery County.

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