Planning for a new entrance at the Rockville Senior Center moved forward in March with the project’s advisory group voting in favor of promoting the new West Gude Drive entrance as the center’s primary entrance, including changing the address of the facility to West Gude Drive.
City staff presented a summary of public comments about the 30% design plan for the new entrance and the city’s responses, discussed next steps, and provided an updated project timeline during a March 4 meeting.
Following the meeting, staff developed a list to direct the consultant in developing the 60% plan design. The list includes adding a fence or landscape buffers between 1010 Aster Blvd. and the center, adding a 5-foot-wide sidewalk along the west side of the new entrance, recommending landscape buffer materials for both sides of the new entrance driveway, evaluating a deceleration lane on eastbound West Gude Drive, adding “no turn on red” for traffic exiting the center onto West Gude Drive, evaluating adding a crosswalk on the east side of Piccard Drive, evaluating potential improvements to address pedestrian and bicycle safety on the Millennium Trail, assessing turns by large vehicles and buses using the West Gude Drive entrance, and using gate systems with limited-access card operation on both ends of the access road, at the parking lot near West Gude Drive and at the circle at Carnation Drive.
The advisory group will meet again after the consultant submits the 60% plan to discuss additional plan details, including gate system access.
For more information, visit www.rockvillemd.gov/senior-center-entrance or contact Jennifer Wang, senior transportation engineer, at [email protected] or 240-314-8506.