This project provides for the design and construction of a new eight to ten-foot wide sidepath for 3.3 miles along Bowie Mill Road from Olney Laytonsville Road (MD 108) to Muncaster Mill Road (MD 115) and continues along Muncaster Mill Road to Needwood Road. The project also provides a new pedestrian bridge over Rock Creek North Branch for continuation of the sidepath along Bowie Mill Road.

Design to start in FY23 and be completed in FY25. Land acquisition to start in FY25 and be completed in FY27. Utility relocation and site improvements to start in FY26 and be completed in FY29. Construction to start in FY28 and be completed in FY29. The schedules for land acquisition, utility relocation, site improvements, and construction will be reconsidered in the spring of FY23 based on how design proceeds and whether there is the fiscal capacity at that time to accelerate them, given competing capital projects.

The Montgomery County Bicycle Master Plan, approved in November 2018, recommends a sidepath along Bowie Mill Road. The project is a critical connection in the existing bicycle network between the existing trails and important destinations including Needwood Road Bike Path, North Branch Trail, the Inter-County Connector (ICC) Trail, Shady Grove Metro Station, Sequoyah Elementary School, Colonel Zadok Magruder High School, and Olney Town Center.

Substitute $1,500,000 in GO Bonds with State Aid.

FY23 supplemental in G.O. Bonds for the amount of $745,000, State Aid for the amount of $1,500,000.

A pedestrian impact analysis has been completed for this project. The County Executive asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.

Maryland State Highway Administration, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Department of Permitting Services, Greater Olney Civic Association (GOCA), and utility companies