Route Protocol

The County Executive will sign an Executive Order adopting a route protocol to be agreed upon.

The Route Protocol purpose and definition are as follows:
1. As the County moves ahead with the Smart Growth Initiative and the Shady Grove Metro area development, numerous dislocations and relocations of County facilities will be necessary. The County plans include taking over the Webb Tract adjacent to Montgomery Village to accommodate some of these relocations including the Public Safety Training Academy, the MCPS Food Distribution Warehouse, the County Parks Department Facility Maintenance Complex, and the School System's Maintenance Operation.
2. The “no drive zones” would serve to insulate the community from the effects of these traffic impacts by specifying the streets to be avoided by delivery trucks and other vehicles coming and going from the Webb Tract. The streets to avoid include Centerway Road, Goshen Road, Montgomery Village Avenue, Wightman Road, Lewisberry Road, and East Village Avenue.
3. The Route Protocol would implement the “no drive zones” by providing explicit shipping and receiving instructions including route instructions for arrivals and departures at the Webb Tract. The Route Protocol for arrivals would instruct trucks destined for the Webb Tract to take I-270 or Route 355 to Shady Grove and then to Snouffer School Road. The Route Protocol for departures would instruct the driver to exit left on Snouffer School Road, proceed past Centerway to Route 124 and then to Shady Grove Road.
4. Two specific exceptions from complying with the Route Protocol Policy are identified as Personal Patrol Vehicles (PPV) and Fire Trucks on call. As a clarification, Fire Trucks designated as backup are exempt from the Route Protocol both en route to and departing from the Webb Tract.