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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Update: Frederick Woman Killed In Fatal Crash Near I-270S Shady Grove Exit

A fatal accident on Interstate 270 southbound caused major delays Monday morning for commuters in the Gaithersburg-Rockville area.

(Update, 8:20 p.m.) Maryland State Police have identified Maria Durdandal, 50, of Frederick, as the driver who was killed in an early-morning, single-car crash on Interstate 270 southbound near the Shady Grove Road exit, according to an NBC Washington report. Police said the impact of the collision was so severe that portions of the concrete barrier struck by Durdandal's car broke off and landed on northbound I-270, and Durdandal was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the report. (Update, 5 p.m.) A woman was killed after crashing her red Scion near the Shady Grove Road exit of Interstate 270 southbound, The Washington Post reports. The driver lost control of her car and struck a concrete barrier near the exit, a Maryland State …

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Watkins Mill Interchange Still Early In "Engineering Phase"

State Highway Administration briefs Gaithersburg mayor and City Council on the Watkins Mill Interchange project.

Plans for the Watkins Mill Interchange project sit in a preliminary engineering phase with 30 percent of the design completed, a State Highway Administration official told the Gaithersburg mayor and City Council Monday evening. The preliminary engineering phase is part of a process with $6.67 million in funding and could take another 18 to 24 months to complete, said Randy Gray, SHA project manager for the Watkins Mill Interchange. The project initially received design approval in February 2002 and will eventually result in the completion of a link between the existing Watkins Mill Road segments over I-270, providing a new East-West connection for the city of Gaithersburg. A major issue for the project — whether the full interchange will …

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Bob Hydorn

10:25 am on Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Deborah, I have said this for several years. There needs to be a second entrance off of Watkins Mill Road, possibly nearer the bottom of the hill on Watkins Mill Road, coming up behind the football stadium tying into the drop off drive where it is located today, next to the auditorium   more ›

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