Thursday, February 14, 2013
Significant changes could come as early as next year, Gaithersburg police said at a Council in the Community meeting.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Greg Cohen
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Thursday, February 14
After a number of serious accidents, the Maryland State Highway Administration plans significant changes to the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Kentlands Boulevard/Orchard Ridge Drive, Gaithersburg police told members of the Quince Orchard Park community on Tuesday. SHA began studying the intersection about a year and a half ago, spurred by an incident in which a pedestrian was struck and severely injured, Officer Scott Scarff said at a Council in the Community meeting. The biggest safety concern surrounds the geometry behind the intersection's design, which prevents motorists from clearly seeing pedestrians in the crosswalk, Scarff said. After the study, SHA recommended six changes for the new intersection's design phase, which …
Friday, September 28, 2012
Four serious accidents, including three fatals, have occurred along Great Seneca Highway in 2012.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Greg Cohen
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Friday, September 28, 2012
The Maryland State Highway Administration has no plans to reconsider the 50 mph speed limit on Great Seneca Highway (Route 119) following the road's third fatal accident of 2012, SHA spokesperson David Buck told Patch. A 69-year-old Gaithersburg woman was killed Sunday evening in a car crash on Great Seneca Highway at Lakelands Drive in the Kentlands area of Gaithersburg. Less than two weeks earlier, a 24-year-old Germantown man was killed after a collision at the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Longdraft Road. The SHA will review the operations at those intersections after the final fatal crash report is submitted by police, Buck said. Police said the victims turned directly in front of motorists in both recent crashes. "It is …
Friday, November 18, 2011
State Highway administrators debuted a monster-sized "tow plow" Thursday. The new tool can plow two lanes of snow at one time.
If, after one of the snowstorms sure to come this winter, you see a monstrous snow plow tackling two lanes of traffic at once, don't worry, you're not seeing double. The Maryland State Highway Administration announced Thursday that it plans to put two super-sized, double-duty "tow plows" on state roads this winter. Tow plows are making their way to Maryland after testing in Missouri. They work as part of a train, towing behind and to the side of maintenance trucks. They may also be used to salt roads after storms or to pre-treat roads before snow with salt brine. SHA says the plows will reduce fuel costs and emissions because one driver can cover the area of two plows. "Snow is something we think about 24/7, 365 days a year," said …
George
4:08 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
That intersection has ALWAYS baffled me, especially how MIS ALIGNED the left turn lane onto QO Blvd is. It is one of the WORST highway engineering designs I have EVER seen for a suburban area. Thing is, it may be a year and a half off.....BUT THE DAMN THING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BETTER FROM THE START!!! .....if private citizens and the police have had issues with it....don't you think the "… more ›