The city took the following requests for federal support to a June 4 meeting with the city’s congressional delegation in Washington, D.C.:
- Protecting community interests in the proposed project to widen interstates 270 and 495: The Mayor and Council are vigorously advocating with the state Department of Transportation and the governor to protect homes, businesses, and infrastructure from being taken from the nine Rockville neighborhoods that abut I-270. Read more about Rockville’s efforts on behalf of the community at https://rockvillereports.com/?s=I-270.
- National infrastructure program funding: The Mayor and Council support a potential $2 trillion federal program to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and submitted a list of several shovel-ready Rockville projects, including sanitary sewer improvements, stormwater system renovations, bridge rehabilitations, and asphalt repair and replacement.
- Advocacy for school safety: Calling public safety one of their highest priorities, the Mayor and Council said the city is ready to partner with the city’s congressional delegation to support federal gun control legislation, including new background checks and firearms safety research. Additional federal aid and technical support would also benefit students attending public schools in Rockville and could be used to provide additional school resource officers and advanced security measures.
Find more information, including video of the Mayor and Council’s June 3 discussion of the federal priorities at www.rockvillemd.gov/AgendaCenter. For more on Rockville’s federal priorities, contact Linda Moran at [email protected] or 240-314-8115.