Majority of Residents Agree:

Montgomery County should choose mass transit, Metro, and local road improvements over the $3 Billion Intercounty

Here’s what some public officials say:

“The Intercounty Connector will relieve traffic congestion on some of the most congested roads in the Washington region.”
                  -- Governor Ehrlich on ICC Study home page

“build the Inter-County Connector to drastically ease traffic congestion and relieve gridlock for the entire region.”
                  -- Montgomery County Council “End Gridlock Team,” 2002

What they don’t want you to know:

Maryland State Highway Administration’s Intercounty Connector Final Environmental Impact Statement (ICC FEIS):

“an ICC would not be expected to provide relief to the Beltway”
                  -- ICC FEIS, Chapt. IV, page 353

“As expected, the construction of the ICC, under any Build Alternative, would have a negligible impact on freeway operations in the future. I-270 and I-95 are north-south oriented freeways and therefore demand in the future is not expected to be helped by an ICC.”
                  -- ICC FEIS, Chapt. IV, page 380

“Corridor I could anticipate about 4,945 acres of secondary development in addition to the No-Build scenario . . . Secondary effects may include growth-inducing and other effects related to induced changes in the pattern of land use, population density or growth rate.”
                  -- ICC FEIS, Chapt. IV, page 391-392

“Forecasts for 2030 and the calculated volumes on local roads in the study area were based on a toll rate of $0.17/mile during the peak periods . . . For 2010 and 2030 the toll rate was simply adjusted for inflation”
                  -- ICC FEIS, Chapt. IV, page 350