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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The Master Plan of Highways (MPOHT) is an amalgamation of updates to the transportation network specified in each area, sector, and functional plan throughout the county.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>A log of updates is included below.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>1/23/2018</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The following transportation elements of master plans have been incorporated into this GIS layer:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>White Flint 2 (December 2017)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Area Minor Master Plan (December 2017)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Rock Spring (December 2017)</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>6/30/2017</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The following transportation elements of master plans have been incorporated into this GIS layer:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Bethesda Downtown Plan (approved and adopted May 2017)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan (approved and adopted March 2017)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>PlanWestbard (approved and adopted July 2016)</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>8/24/2016</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Roadway network elements of area plans between 2009 and May 2016 have been incorporated.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Notation for state highways has been added to appropriate road segments.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Roadway extents are now accurately reflected in geography.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Master planned roadways that were constructed have been updated from "planned" to "built."</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Inconsistencies with spelling and abbreviations have been resolved.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>New Hampshire Avenue bus rapid transit corrirdor has been added.</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Symbology:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>New symbology has been introduced for clarity, particularly for transitways and for HOV lanes. Additionally, segments proposed for removal from the MPOH are symbolized in black.</SPAN></P></DIV> |