Thursday, April 4, 2013
The planning department's recommendations for the Chevy Chase Lake sector came under criticism during the Montgomery County Council's first work session on the sector plan.
The Montgomery County Planning Board's recommendations for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan came under criticism from the Montgomery County Council late last month, when the council took up the sector plan for the first time, Bethesda Now reported. At-large Councilman Marc Elrich said that the plan was focused too much on creating density around the planned Purple Line station in Chevy Chase Lake, rather than on the needs of the existing community, according to Bethesda Now. "The purpose of planning is not to provide riders for transit systems," Elrich said, Bethesda Now reported. "The purpose of planning, I thought, was to provide livable communities," Elrich added. The council's next work session for the sector plan will take place in …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The acoustic fiber optic monitoring system was not designed to detect a leak like the most recent one—on March 26—in the Chevy Chase Lake neighborhood.
Update, Tuesday, March 26, 2:45 p.m.: Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crews found a leak in a pipe joint in the 54-inch-in-diameter transmission main near 3217 Coquelin Terrace, in Chevy Chase on Tuesday, a WSSC news release said. Crews are making plans to repair the leak, but there is no estimate how long it may take. The pipe is about 1.2 miles from, and is connected to, the water main that broke March 18, the release said. Crews initially thought the leak might be in a relief valve, "but a closer look confirmed the leak was in the transmission main itself. WSSC workers have isolated a portion of the pipeline for repairs [and an] emergency contractor is standing by to begin making repairs," the release said. While the main does …
Friday, March 22, 2013
WSSC hopes to have the repaired line back in service by the end of the weekend.
Repairs to the 60-inch-in-diameter water main that burst Monday night on Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase are nearly complete. A new pipe section was put in place Thursday, and the grout in the pipe joints cured overnight. Early Friday morning, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crews "slowly opened a valve to begin filling the isolated stretch of pipe," according to a statement on the WSSC website. On Friday, WSSC crews were slated to "[flush] the repaired line during the day, which is part of the standard decontamination process to ensure water quality, before putting the transmission main back into service," the statement said. The Acoustic Fiber Optic monitoring system was re-installed yesterday, The Washington Post reported. …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Water restrictions are in place in Montgomery and Prince George's counties until repairs to the Chevy Chase Lake water main are complete, which could take several days.
Update, 1 p.m., Thursday, March 21: Repairs to the 60-inch water main that burst Monday night in Chevy Chase continued on Thursday. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crews removed the damaged 20-foot section of the pipe and are working to weld a new section in place, according to a WSSC statement issued at noon Thursday. "Once repairs to the pipe are complete later this afternoon it will take several more days for the work to conclude," the statement read. Only the right-hand northbound lane of Connecticut Avenue between Dunlop Street and Manor Road in Chevy Chase Lake remained closed Thursday. Mandatory water restrictions continued Thursday for Montgomery and Prince George's counties. "There is evidence that [water] consumption is …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Don't wait to sign up to testify at the March 5 public hearing before the county council on the Chevy Chase Lake Sector plan.
Have an opinion on the proposed plan for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector? Sign up to speak at a public hearing on the Chevy Chase Lake Sector plan on March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the county council headquarters (100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, in the third-floor hearing room). Only 30 speakers will be allowed to testify at the hearing, according to an email message sent by the Town of Chevy Chase office. The Town of Chevy Chase and the Connecticut Avenue Corridor Committee already have signed up to testify, the email added. To sign up to testify, call the county council at 240-777-7803. The deadline to sign up to testify is 10 a.m. on March 5, but the 30 available spots are likely to be taken long before that, the Town of Chevy Chase advised. …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
County planners present design guidelines for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector to the county planning board on Thursday, Jan. 31.
Montgomery County planning staff will present design guidelines for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector to the county planning board at the board's weekly meeting on Thursday. Staff planners recommend that the board approve the guidelines and send the guidelines to the county council for approval, according to the meeting's agenda. One of the key issues addressed by the guidelines is making buildings look smaller in the proposed new development (called Town Center East) on the east side of Connecticut Avenue between Chevy Chase Lake Drive and Manor Road, according to the background information for Thursday's work session. To make buildings seem smaller, the guidelines advise: In terms of building materials, the guidelines advise using local red …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The county planning board approved the draft for the sector on Jan. 17.
The County Planning Board approved county planners' draft for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan last week, according to the updated agenda for last Thursday's board meeting. Next, the draft plan for the sector is sent to the County Council and county executive for analysis and approval, The Gazette reported. "The county executive will do a fiscal analysis of the plan and report to the County Council, which will hold a public hearing and work sessions before voting on whether to approve it, [county planner Elza] Hisel-McCoy said. He expects the County Council to discuss the plan in early March," The Gazette added. The draft plan's "recommendations emphasize mixed residential development [and] a shift from the current commercial zoning that …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The county planning staff's Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan draft is up for planning board approval on Thursday, Jan. 17.
After years of discussion, work sessions and public hearings, the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan draft may be approved by the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday. A work session about the sector plan draft will take place at the end of the board's day-long meeting, and planning staff are set to recommend that their draft be approved by the planning board. If approved, the draft will be presented to the county executive and council on Jan. 31—only a couple months behind schedule, The Gazette reported. The draft plan's "recommendations emphasize mixed residential development [and] a shift from the current commercial zoning that will help balance the ... jobs-housing ratio" in the Chevy Chase Lake Sector—which straddles Connecticut …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan will go to the county executive and Council on Jan. 31, The Gazette reported.
The Montgomery County Planning Board's draft of the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan will be presented to the county executive and Council on Jan. 31, 2013—only a couple months behind schedule, The Gazette reported. Additional work sessions are scheduled for Jan. 10, 17 and 31, "when the board is scheduled to approve its draft version of the plan," The Gazette added. Once County Executive Ike Leggett provides commentary on the draft, the draft will be passed to the County Council, which will hold a public hearing before approving a final sector plan, The Gazette reported. Read more about the process by which the planning board's draft could become the new plan for the sector on The Gazette's website. Last September, county planning staff …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Planning of the Chevy Chase Lake sector's redevelopment is behind schedule, The Gazette reported.
A building adjacent to the proposed Purple Line could be as tall as 150 feet in the redevelopment of the Chevy Chase Lake sector, The Gazette, The Washington Examiner and Bethesda Now reported. In a meeting earlier this month, the Montgomery County Planning Board approved the 150-foot height limit for a building adjacent to the proposed light rail line, provided the rail line is funded, The Gazette reported. The Connecticut Avenue Corridor Commission, which represents many of the municipalities and neighborhoods near Chevy Chase Lake, had requested a 90-foot height limit for that building, The Examiner reported. Still, the county council has the final say on building heights in the Chevy Chase Lake sector, The Gazette added, so some county…
Jeff Hooke
10:21 am on Friday, April 5, 2013
The Chevy Chase Lake plan is an immense giveaway to the Land Company , which pays almost nothing for the valuable up-zoning. A reasonable estimate of that value is $75 million - $100 million. more ›