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The work is taking place between Arlington Road and Dorset Avenue. It is part of the county’s Vision Zero Action Plan to eliminate serious and fatal collisions on county roads by 2030.
“Prior to this traffic calming, we had a number of actual deaths because people would come speeding along here and basically just not stop,” Inger Brisson said.
Brisson comes to the Little Falls Parkway area to ride her bike several days a week. She said she’s pleased to hear that Montgomery Parks is implementing measures along the busy road to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.
“I’m in favor of anything that makes it easier for us,” she said.
Those safety measures include permanently reducing the total number of traffic lanes from four to two, building a new protected shared-use bicycle and pedestrian path and making signage and accessibility improvements.
“I think it’s great,” John Martinez said. “If it’s going to help ease the flow and help maintain our safety, I’m all for it.”
Martinez uses the Capital Crescent Trail, which intersects with Little Falls Parkway. He says he feels safe running there because he no longer has to cross four lanes of traffic.
“When I’m first coming off of the trail and coming back here to the Bethesda Pool, it offers like a little buffer,” Martinez said.
But not all neighbors think the changes are the best use of space.
“It’s kind of a waste to cut off that whole section,” Angelo Maggi said.
Maggi said since the parkway’s southbound lanes have been closed, it has led to a major issue.
“The traffic is just completely backed up in both directions because you’ve lost two full lanes of traffic,” he said.
He said there’s only one way the issue can be resolved.
“They should go back to the way it was,” Maggi said.
Construction along Little Falls Parkway is expected to be completed in early December.
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