This project is part of the Smart Growth Initiative Program and provides for land, planning and design and construction of a new Equipment and Maintenance Operations Center (EMOC) to support a doubling of transit ridership by 2020, transit, highway maintenance and fleet operations. Major components of the project are: administrative buildings for Transit Services, Fleet Management, and Highway Services; bus parking for 200 buses; bus service lanes; a bus wash facility; a fare collection area; bus service maintenance bays; a parts room; a heavy equipment storage shed; a soil/gravel storage area; highway service bays; a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fast-fill station; and employee parking. The current facility is located in the County Service Park on Crabbs Branch Way. The new facility is being constructed on sites known as Casey 6 and 7 located at 16624 and 17000 Crabbs Branch Way. The Day Laborer facility located on the west side of Crabbs Branch way in the County Service Park will be co-located on this site.

The design phase was completed in Fall of 2010 and construction started in Spring of 2011 with an expected construction period of nineteen months.

Currently, EMOC has insufficient capacity to house and maintain its existing buses as well as the projected growth in transit and in highway and fleet services. The Shady Grove Sector Plan has identified county owned properties on the east and west side of Crabbs Branch Way including the EMOC facilities, for future transit oriented development. In order to implement the Sector Plan, these facilities need to be relocated. The relocation of the current EMOC is integral to the Sector Plan. Plans and studies for this project include: M-NCPPC Shady Grove Sector Plan, approved by the Montgomery County Council, January 2006, adopted by the M-NCPPC, March 15, 2006; Montgomery County Property Use Study Updated Briefing to County Council, April 29, 2008 (based on Staubach Reports); Montgomery County Smart Growth Initiative Update to County Council, September 23, 2008.

Interim financing will be used for land acquisition in the short term, with permanent funding sources to include G.O. Bonds and Land Sale Proceeds. Approximately five acres of land was acquired from Roberts Oxygen in FY12.

A pedestrian impact analysis has been completed for this project.

Department of General Services, Department of Transportation, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Department of Permitting Services, Department of Finance, Department of Technology Services, Office of Management and Budget, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Pepco, Upcounty Regional Services Center, Washington Gas, , Special Capital Projects Legislation [Bill No. 24-10] was adopted by Council June 15, 2010.