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Concerned neighbors against the Silver Spring/Thayer alignment of the Purple Line

Below are addresses for sending an email or letter.   Click discussion items for key information points to include. Please cc: Robert Rosenberg rosyjapan@yahoo.com in all correspondence.

Mr. Michael Madden 

Project Manager 

Maryland Transit Administration 

6 St. Paul Street Baltimore, MD 21202 

410.767.3694 

mmadden@mtamaryland.com

 

John D. Porcari. 

Secretary of Transportation 

Department of Transportation 

7201 Corporate Center Dr. 

P.O. Box 548 

Hanover, MD 21076 

secretary@mdot.state.md.us

 

Mr. Royce Hanson                     

Planning Board Chairman and
Chairman of MNCPPC
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD  20910

mcp-chairman@mncpp-mc.org

 

Mark Elrich 

Valerie Ervin

Duchy Trachenberg

Nancy Floreen

George Leventhal

Montgomery County Council 

100 Maryland Avenue 6th floor 

Rockville, MD 20850 

240.777.7966

Councilmember.Elrich@montgomerycountymd.gov

Councilmember.Ervin@montgomerycountymd.gov

Councilmember.trachtenberg@montgomerycountymd.gov

councilmember.floreen@montgomerycountymd.gov

county.council@montgomerycountymd.gov

 

Governor Martin O'Malley 

100 State Circle 

Annapolis, MD 21401 

governor@gov.state.md.us

 

 

Alex Hekimian 

Countywide Transportation Planning 

MC-MNCPPC 

8787 Georgia Ave 

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3716 

alex.hekimian@mncppc-mc.org

 

Margaret Rifkin

Community Based Planning MC-MNCPPC

8787 Georgia Ave

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3716

Margaret.Rifkin@mncppc-mc.org

 

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski 

503 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510

http://mikulski.senate.gov/contactme/mailform.html

 

Senator Ben Cardin, Bowie Office 

10201 Martin Luther King Blvd, Suite 210 

Bowie, MD  20720

301-860-0414

http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/

 

Representative Albert R. Wynn

434 Cannon House Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20515

http://www.wynn.house.gov/feedback.cfm?campaign=wynn

 

Isiah Leggett County Executive 

Montgomery County 

101 Monroe Street, 2nd floor 

Rockville, MD 20850

ocemail@montgomerycountymd.gov

 

Jose M. Vazquez 

Maryland Transit Administration 

8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 904 

Silver Spring, MD 20910 

(301) 565-9665

 

 

Sample Letter:

I am writing in concern of the proposed Silver Spring/Thayer Avenue alignment of the Bi-County Transitway (Purple Line).  The proposed route will impact East Silver Spring Elementary School,  affect the viability of the East Silver Spring community, threaten wildlife and fish in the Sligo Creek watershed, destroy over 200 mature trees, and take portions of over 50 properties.

• East Silver Spring Elementary School will be directly impacted by the access tunnel for the Silver Spring/Thayer Avenue (SS/T) alignment. This causes concern about the safety of my children and the other children that attend the school. Please let me know how you intend to address this issue. In addition, according to Environmental Justice, aren’t you supposed to take actions to make sure that you do not negatively impact children?

• The East Silver Spring community, especially the area impacted by the SS/T alignment, is an extremely diverse community. According to Environmental Justice aren’t you supposed to take actions to make sure that you do not negatively impact communities with diverse and minority populations?

• There are a number of birds that maintain their sanctuary along the SS/T alignment. Please let me know how you plan to mitigate the impact on these important animals:

  • Mourning Dove, American Goldfinch, White-breasted Nuthatch American Crow Red-shouldered Hawk, Grackle, Red-tailed Hawk, House Finch, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Screech Owl, House Wren, Downy Woodpecker, White-throated Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Mockingbird, Tufted Titmouse, Red-headed Woodpecker, Belted Kingfisher, Song Sparrow, Black-throated Green Warbler, Cardinal, Dark-eyed Junco Wood Thrush, American Robin, House Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Northern Flicker, Brown Thrasher, Pileated Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, European Starling, Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Cedar Waxwing

• The SS/T alignment would have a number of terrible environmental impacts including the removal of numerous mature trees and the destruction of the Sligo Creek watershed. There are over 200 trees that would be destroyed that provide a natural canopy and help with regional cooling and air and water quality. The tunnel, especially at such a narrow depth, would block the natural runoff in the watershed which would have broad impacts. Have you studied how these concerns will be addressed in terms of the Chesapeake Bay Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Construction Impacts study and your Cumulative Impacts Study?

Thank you for your time in reviewing the proposed issues.