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Program Description

  Community/Transportation Safety

This program provides engineering studies and investigations that evaluate pedestrian and traffic operations and safety deficiencies. The studies and investigations identify the need for alternative pedestrian crossing signalization or beaconing; parking conflicts; streetlighting conditions, upgrades, and maintenance; additional traffic signing and pavement marking; and sight distance deficiencies on neighborhood streets, arterial roads, and major roadways. The program also installs and maintains traffic control devices along County roadways.

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Program Contacts

Contact Brady Goldsmith of the Department of Transportation at 240-777-2793 or Gregory Bruno of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2773 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Number of traffic studies completed 11,1679671,1001,2001,200
Percent of traffic studies completed within scheduled timeframe95%86%85%85%80%
Number of serious and fatal crashes on Montgomery County maintained roads 28188858075
1  DOT received slightly fewer traffic study requests in FY24, in part because staff received better training or were reassigned. This resulted in improved tracking of requests and streamlined efforts for duplicate requests.
2  Overall, crashes have been increasing due to travel returning closer to pre-COVID-19 levels in FY24 and fewer Police Officers to provide active Countywide enforcement.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved628004522.90
Increase Cost: Traffic Maintenance Contract Escalation1438930.00
Add: U.S. 29 Streetlighting (P502407)90000.00
Enhance: Operating Budget Impact - Various Projects70000.00
Re-align: School Bus Stop Studies-3000000.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.1865490.00
FY26 Recommended632648722.90