Building new, expensive roads won’t solve our traffic problems -- and will take valuable money away from real solutions like transit. So why is Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) pushing forward a major new highway project called M83 (the Midcounty Highway Extended)? On Wednesday, August 7th was a very important public hearing on the next steps for this major sprawl highway. Your voice can still be heard to stop this destructive project. Write to county officials today! >> M83 first showed up in area master plans of northern Montgomery County in the 1960s, and would be a 6-lane controlled-access highway parallel to I-270. Its stated goal is providing traffic relief between Clarksburg and Gaithersburg. But there are many reasons why this massive road project is a bad idea and hasn’t been built in the 50 years it's been on the books. It would:
Destroy valuable farmland, parklands, wetlands, and natural areas
Induce more traffic, air pollution, and carbon emissions