Firefighters successfully battled several brush fires Tuesday afternoon near I-270 and the Capital Beltway.
Firefighters battled several brush fires Tuesday afternoon in the wooded area near I-270 and the Capital Beltway. Responders were called out around 1 p.m. and had successfully quelled the flames by about 3 p.m., though traffic was impacted for hours. Images of the fire were provided to Patch by www.kristinasherk.com.
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Transportation committee will discuss designating a southbound Interstate 270 lane for high-occupancy vehicles during morning rush hour
A Montgomery County Council committee today will discuss devoting one lane of Interstate 270 to high-occupancy vehicles during morning rush hour. Up for discussion is the designation of an HOV lane on the inner-most southbound lane of I-270, between Clarksburg Road and I-370. The hope is to ease traffic congestion Upcounty, county records show. The Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment committee is scheduled to meet 9:30 a.m. at Montgomery County Council headquarters in Rockville. The meeting will be televised on County Cable Montgomery. Here are some details, according to a Council staff memo filed Tuesday: Background: In the early 1990s, the State Highway Administration received federal approvals to add an HOV …
A fatal accident involves pedestrian.
Update, 7:56 a.m.: A fatal collision on southbound Interstate 270 involved a pedestrian and a tractor trailer, according to Maryland State Police. The collision occurred at around 5:45 a.m. and is still under investigation, state police said. The right lanes of southbound I-270 were closed just before Germantown Road. As of 6:30 a.m., a four-mile back-up was reported due to the lane closures, said Lora Rakowski, a State Highway Administration spokewswoman. —Tiffany Arnold Update, 6:47 a.m.: A state police spokesman at the Rockville barracks said the incident is a fatal accident involving a pedestrian. The lanes will be closed for some time. Original: We've received a report that an accident on southbound I-270 has blocked the right lane. …
KMedlen
9:41 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
I agree, long overdue. The merging of traffic at West Diamond Ave, to those going to the ICC, along with the single drivers that need to move over before the HOV lane begins, always causes a bottleneck. Starting the HOV farther north would defiantly help. more ›