As mentioned here, Montgomery County Planning held a meeting at the Shady Grove Maintenance Yard on the ICC trail route on April 2. Most attendees argued that the trail should follow the ICC route instead of detouring as the SHA recommended.
When the State Highway Administration published its final plan for the ICC in May 2006, it recommended 7 miles of the 18-mile trail be built as part of the highway. A bicycle and pedestrian plan identified a route for the trail’s remaining 11 miles along parallel roads or within parkland, but avoiding environmentally sensitive areas, Chuck Kines, bikeways coordinator for county Park and Planning, said.
[The] hiking and biking trail meant to run along the route of the Intercounty Connector should parallel the highway as closely as possible, county residents argued
Some of the 40 residents at the April 2 meeting were concerned the proposed route might be dangerous.
Kines said planning staff hopes to present preliminary recommendations to the Planning Board in May. The board will hold a public hearing and worksessions on the draft in June and then transmit its recommendations to the County Council.
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