Anyone who has been trapped in the gridlock at Wisconsin and Bradley at 5 pm can see that adding a huge tower at this location will bring traffic to a complete standstill, for hours. Very, very bad plan.
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Kathleen Buffon
10 years ago
Stop. Just stop. The congestion on and near Wisconsin, Bradley, and Connecticut Avenues are choking the life out of our communities. I will not insult the "planners" by suggesting that they are in the pay of the developers, but somehow they surely have lost all sense of reality.
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Don MacGlashan
10 years ago
The population density the Planning Board in considering for this area makes no sense and ignores the impact on adjacent communities, schools, traffic and their quality of life. The Planning Board should LISTEN to its professional planners.
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Beth Kevles
10 years ago
Please STOP all the building until you take a comprehensive look at the cumulative effect of the increase on our infrastructure: schools, emergency services, traffic, and quality of life overall.
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Connie Simon
10 years ago
There is far too much congestion on Wisconsin Ave. at the present time.
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Meredith Mirkow
10 years ago
The Bradley/Wisconsin Avenue location is sufficiently congested as is. New construction would compound the traffic issues and would increase enrollment in the B-CC cluster schools which are already over capacity. Plans for this (over) development have gotten out of hand. While keeping our area attractive to new businesses and residents is important, it does not have to be done at the expense of our children and their future. Over crowded schools cannot effectively provide for the needs of all students and given the history of the County and State not fully funding MCPS, the future of our children is gravely at stake.
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Robert Lipman
10 years ago
The traffic on Bradley is already outrageously overcrowded -- adding more density is ridiculous.
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Geralyn O'Marra
10 years ago
I moved into a neighborhood not a profit center. Enough! Smart not greedy redevelopment now!
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Patricia Kolesar
10 years ago
I agree with this Petition. This is yet another developer over-reach: we the people want this nonsense to stop! Save our neighborhoods from over-development. Our schools, roads, and infrastructure generally cannot handle these obscene projects any more.
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Amanda Farber
10 years ago
There is a difference between redevelopment/smart development and
over-development. The infrastructure in Bethesda/Chevy Chase - roads, traffic, schools, green space - cannot support the over development that is happening (with much more on the way already).
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Ev Jack
10 years ago
4423 Ridge Strret
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Susan Fallon
10 years ago
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When we bought our house 11 years ago,, we bought in a community where mixed use buildings were welcome but where a family could be raised within an inviting and accessible dowtiown. We now jokingly refer to Bethesda center as "the city". Sadly, it is no joke.
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Michele Johnston
10 years ago
Getting through Bethesda, even walking, is difficult. Please don't look at each project in isolation, but rather look at the density and scope of the entire Bethesda Sector Plan. Please remember that every building impacts our traffic, our schools, and our air and water quality. Development is what has made our area so desirable, but we need smart development that is sustainable and well considered.
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jonathan lave
10 years ago
The location of the building makes no sense. It will create additional traffic problems at an already clogged intersection and harm the character of the neighborhood. Further, I believe we need to keep a fire station at the current location
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Shana Jacobus
10 years ago
4416 Ridge Street
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Jane West
10 years ago
Address: 4425 Walsh Street
Chevy Chase
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Ann C. Ashbery
10 years ago
It is important that accurate density studies are made before any additional density rights are granted. Our neighborhood roads are already dangerously congested. Just a few days ago, I heard a firefighter's voice projected by a loudspeaker system which begged drivers to get out of the way of his fire truck which was stuck in traffic on Bradley Lane. Since I have lived on Ridge Street, I know of five homes within four blocks of my house which have had serious fires. Two spread to neighboring homes and a third burned to the ground.
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Mary C Molly Moynihan
10 years ago
Our roads, schools and community cannot sustain the proposed density. The intersection with two-lane Bradley and immediate proximity to a residential neighborhood make the proposed Tower unworkable.
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Deborah Vollmer
10 years ago
Uncontrolled development of this nature is not healthy for people, or for communities of people. An analogy: in the human body: uncontrolled development is known as cancer. Just as new blood vessels feed the cancerous tumor in the body, commercial development fueled by developer money leads to growth that cannot be sustained by the surrounding infrastructure. Stop the madness!
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Lauren Boccardi
10 years ago
The proposed development is completely inconsistent with the character and needs of our community. Our roads and schools cannot support this density influx in our residential neighborhood. Bethesda needs smart development, not unsustainable growth at any cost.
Anyone who has been trapped in the gridlock at Wisconsin and Bradley at 5 pm can see that adding a huge tower at this location will bring traffic to a complete standstill, for hours. Very, very bad plan.
Stop. Just stop. The congestion on and near Wisconsin, Bradley, and Connecticut Avenues are choking the life out of our communities. I will not insult the "planners" by suggesting that they are in the pay of the developers, but somehow they surely have lost all sense of reality.
The population density the Planning Board in considering for this area makes no sense and ignores the impact on adjacent communities, schools, traffic and their quality of life. The Planning Board should LISTEN to its professional planners.
Please STOP all the building until you take a comprehensive look at the cumulative effect of the increase on our infrastructure: schools, emergency services, traffic, and quality of life overall.
There is far too much congestion on Wisconsin Ave. at the present time.
The Bradley/Wisconsin Avenue location is sufficiently congested as is. New construction would compound the traffic issues and would increase enrollment in the B-CC cluster schools which are already over capacity. Plans for this (over) development have gotten out of hand. While keeping our area attractive to new businesses and residents is important, it does not have to be done at the expense of our children and their future. Over crowded schools cannot effectively provide for the needs of all students and given the history of the County and State not fully funding MCPS, the future of our children is gravely at stake.
The traffic on Bradley is already outrageously overcrowded -- adding more density is ridiculous.
I moved into a neighborhood not a profit center. Enough! Smart not greedy redevelopment now!
I agree with this Petition. This is yet another developer over-reach: we the people want this nonsense to stop! Save our neighborhoods from over-development. Our schools, roads, and infrastructure generally cannot handle these obscene projects any more.
There is a difference between redevelopment/smart development and over-development. The infrastructure in Bethesda/Chevy Chase - roads, traffic, schools, green space - cannot support the over development that is happening (with much more on the way already).
4423 Ridge Strret
When we bought our house 11 years ago,, we bought in a community where mixed use buildings were welcome but where a family could be raised within an inviting and accessible dowtiown. We now jokingly refer to Bethesda center as "the city". Sadly, it is no joke.
Getting through Bethesda, even walking, is difficult. Please don't look at each project in isolation, but rather look at the density and scope of the entire Bethesda Sector Plan. Please remember that every building impacts our traffic, our schools, and our air and water quality. Development is what has made our area so desirable, but we need smart development that is sustainable and well considered.
The location of the building makes no sense. It will create additional traffic problems at an already clogged intersection and harm the character of the neighborhood. Further, I believe we need to keep a fire station at the current location
4416 Ridge Street
Address: 4425 Walsh Street Chevy Chase
It is important that accurate density studies are made before any additional density rights are granted. Our neighborhood roads are already dangerously congested. Just a few days ago, I heard a firefighter's voice projected by a loudspeaker system which begged drivers to get out of the way of his fire truck which was stuck in traffic on Bradley Lane. Since I have lived on Ridge Street, I know of five homes within four blocks of my house which have had serious fires. Two spread to neighboring homes and a third burned to the ground.
Our roads, schools and community cannot sustain the proposed density. The intersection with two-lane Bradley and immediate proximity to a residential neighborhood make the proposed Tower unworkable.
Uncontrolled development of this nature is not healthy for people, or for communities of people. An analogy: in the human body: uncontrolled development is known as cancer. Just as new blood vessels feed the cancerous tumor in the body, commercial development fueled by developer money leads to growth that cannot be sustained by the surrounding infrastructure. Stop the madness!
The proposed development is completely inconsistent with the character and needs of our community. Our roads and schools cannot support this density influx in our residential neighborhood. Bethesda needs smart development, not unsustainable growth at any cost.