Wheaton Regional Park has high usage and aging infrastructure dating to the early 1960's. This product will fund design and construction of enhanced bicycle and pedestrian access and other improvements in the Shorefield area, including parking lot renovations/expansions, drainage improvements, restroom building improvements, amenity modernizations/renovations, activation of the Shorefield House area, and other infrastructure and facility improvements.

$250k slipped from FY24 to FY25 for fiscal capacity.

This project is within the recommendations of the Wheaton Regional Park Master Plan, VISION 2030: Strategic Plan for Parks and Recreation in Montgomery County, Maryland, 2017 Park, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan Working Draft as well as ADA Transition Plan that was submitted to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

In FY22, $250k slipped from FY24 to FY25 for fiscal capacity.

A pedestrian impact analysis will be performed during design or is in progress. M-NCPPC asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.

Montgomery County Departments of Transportation, Permitting Services, Environmental Protection;