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 …
Monday, March 18, 2013
Two northbound lanes on Connecticut Avenue are open after a ruptured 60-inch main sent water gushing three stories high Monday.
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 …
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
This is the second set of funds released for specific transportation improvements to help ease traffic problems on roads leading to the Bethesda medical campuses.
Improvements to the five-way intersection at Connecticut Avenue, Jones Bridge Road and Kensington Parkway in Chevy Chase are one step closer to reality with the recent release of $18.3 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Defense to the Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration. The funds will help get this congested intersection—just south of the Capital Beltway—in better shape to serve nearby medical campuses (the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the National Naval Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health). Ever since Walter Reed moved to Bethesda in August 2011, traffic has been heavy in the area. "Our community is proud to be the home of the new Walter Reed National Military …
Eric S.
9:23 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I live in Friendship Heights and our water was goofy due to this. Pretty serious break this time. I wonder why we have so many of them in the area. more ›