Mr. Alan H. Straus

Preliminary improvement alternatives for Quince Orchard Road were presented by the Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation at a meeting at Quince Orchard High Shool on September 13, by Mr. Alan Straus.Mr Straus is a consultant to Montgomery County and the Group Manager of Environmental and Transportation Planning for URS Corporation.

The URS presentation included a large graphic depicting three new routes for Quince Orchard Rd., each in a different color superimposed over an aerial photograph of the area.Two of these new routes ran to the west of the present roadway.The third route ran very close to the existing roadway.Mr. Straus has been asked on at least two separate occasions to provide a copy of the information presented at the September 13 QOHS meeting so that it could be made available to the community.Mr. Straus declined, explaining that he is hesitant to provide the material.He is concerned that since the alternatives presented were preliminary and not yet complete, they may present the project in a negative light.

Postage paid "Question/Comment" cards were also available on a desk at the back of the QOHS meeting room.According to DPW&T, the cards were specifically printed for the Quince Orchard Road project, so that residends could send their written comments directly to the project manager.We asked DPW&T for blank comment cards for distribution to affected area residents.
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You should contact Mr. Straus at (410) 785-7220, and/or Edgar Gonzalez at (240) 777-7236 and encourage them to make the graphics of the alternatives discussed at QOHS available so that they can be displayed on this website.

Alan H. Straus, URS Corporation

Preliminary improvement alternatives for Quince Orchard Road were presented by the Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation at a meeting at Quince Orchard High Shool on September 13, 2000 by Mr. Alan Straus.Mr Straus was at the time a consultant to Montgomery County and the Group Manager of Environmental and Transportation Planning for URS Corporation.

The URS presentation included a large graphic depicting three new routes for Quince Orchard Rd., each in a different color superimposed over an aerial photograph of the area.Two of these new routes ran to the west of the present roadway.The third route ran very close to the existing roadway.Mr. Straus has been asked on at least two separate occasions to provide a copy of the information presented at the September 13 QOHS meeting so that it could be made available to the community.Mr. Straus declined, explaining that he is hesitant to provide the material.He was concerned that since the alternatives presented were preliminary and not yet complete, they may present the project in a negative light.

Event Details : Mr. Wesley Mitchell of the Maryland State Highway Association or Alan Strauss of URS will do a talk on the Inter County Connector in Maryland.

Alan H. Straus, ManagerEnvironmental & Transportation Planning Dept.

To sign up for the list of speakers or to obtain a project brochure, contact Nicole Washington in SHA's Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering by phone #1-800-548-5026 or email nwashington@sha.state.md.us, For design information, contact Alan Straus at 410-785-7220 or Alan Straus@URSCorp.com.

The recommendation still requires the road's right of way be taken to 80 feet, in case the additional lanes need to be added in the future, said Alan Straus of URS Corp., an architectural engineering consultant for the project.

Straus said predicting traffic numbers on the road "is as much an art as a science," but maintained that the lanes would be needed as developments pop up and cars spill over from major highways, like Interstate 270.

Alan Strauss, Group Manager of Environmental and Transportation Planning, URS Corporation, 4 North Park Drive, Suite 300, Hunt Valley, MD 21030, 410-785-7220, fax 410-785-6818, alan straus@urscorp.com.