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The Save the Trail 5K will be held Saturday, May 26th at Elm Street Park. Come out and support the trail! Click here for more details.
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In the News...

  • 3/10/12 – Capital Crescent Threatened by Purple Line (WRC-TV News)

    March 10, 2012 Capital Crescent Trail Threatened by Purple Line WRC-TV Channel 4 News A portion of the Capital Crescent Trail in Montgomery County could get re-routed to make room for the purple line transit project. Erika Gonzalez reports. View more videos at: http://nbcwashington.com.

  • 3/7/12 – Berliner out of touch on Crescent Trail tunnel (MoCo Gazette)

    March 7, 2012 Berliner out of touch on Crescent Trail tunnel Montgomery County Gazette Dear Editor: Regarding the $51 million cost of “stacking” the Crescent Trail above the Purple Line in the tunnel under Wisconsin Ave. [“Capital Crescent Trail, Purple Line tunnel, would cost $51 million,” Feb. 29], County Councilman Roger Berliner is quoted as [...]

  • 3/5/12 – Keep the Purple Line out of the Capital Crescent Trail tunnel for safety (Washington Post)

    March 5, 2012 Keep the Purple Line out of the Capital Crescent Trail tunnel for safety Washington Post (Letter to the Editor) Dear Editor: Regarding Adam Wenner’s March 4 letter, “Seeing the light on closing the Crescent Trail tunnel”: As one of the volunteers who helped to measure tunnel use several years ago, I can [...]

  • 3/1/12 – Officials weigh in on rail-trail options for Wisconsin Ave. tunnel (Chevy Chase Patch)

    County Councilwoman Nancy Floreen (D-At Large) said the MTA may have made misrepresentations about the trail running along the Purple Line, which she called a “serious misstep.

    “This has been sold from the beginning of time as a pedestrian and bicycle trail next to the Purple Line,” Floreen said. “I think we have the ability to make that happen. I really consider this to be a fundamental obligation of the county.”

  • 3/1/12 – Plan for Purple Line and Capital Crescent Trail blasted at Montgomery County Council hearing

    The Maryland Transit Administration and others have repeatedly assured the town and the rest of the public that the trail and the Purple Line could and would co-exist in the tunnel. In fact, this was a major selling point. That assurance cannot be ignored now, based on engineering issues that were entirely foreseeable—indeed, predicted—when the assurance was made. And keeping the trail in the tunnel is not just a matter of public officials keeping their word. It is also a significant matter of public safety.