The Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board, which acts as the middleman between residents of Wheaton, Glenmont, Aspen Hill and Olney and Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, has sent a letter to Leggett strongly denouncing his consideration of the Blair G. Ewing Center as a school bus depot site.

"We strongly urge that the Blair G. Ewing Center (on Avery Road) be immediately removed from any consideration," board Chair Gregory Intoccia wrote to Leggett. "This location is wholly unsuited for hundreds of buses."

On July 22nd, the Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board (MCCAB) sent a letter to the County Execute, urging him to only consider bus depot sites that were "environmentally, economically, and infrastructurally viable." They also urged him to remove the Blair G. Ewing Center (on Avery Rd) from consideration.

Montgomery County officials are considering more than two sites for relocating hundreds of school buses from the Shady Grove bus depot but they’re only publically acknowledging two of them by name.

Department of General Services Director David Dise said there “may be interim sites” established for the buses but the County Council has asked staff to not select any sites until they decide on a permanent location for the buses, none of which will be named until they’re presented to the County Executive between late July and early September.

According to DGS Deputy Director Greg Ossont, he and other County staffers “need to do our due diligence” while considering sites under the new criteria established by the County Council.

 “We are looking at other sites right now,” said Dise, adding DGS officials have to look at the net buildable area for different sites as well as their environmental impact.
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Dise and Ossont said Monday the Blair G. Ewing Center on Avery Road in Rockville and the former Oaks Landfill in Laytonsville are still both potential sites for moving up to 250 buses from the Jeremiah Park location.

ROCKVILLE -- Although County Executive Ike Leggett pulled two Rockville-area sites for relocating school buses from Shady Grove, one more controversial site is still on the table.
Some local residents are protesting County officials’ consideration of the Blair G. Ewing Center along Avery Road as a new host site for the buses.

ROCKVILLE -- School buses will remain parked at the Shady Grove Bus Depot for at least the remainder of the year as the Montgomery County Council considers permanent alternatives for relocating the buses.
Council members said Tuesday they still need Jeremiah Park, the county-owned property at the Shady Grove site, for parking more than 400 school buses owned and operated by Montgomery County Public Schools.
County Council President Nancy Floreen (D) then instructed staff to prepare a resolution for next week declaring there is still need for the Jeremiah Park site.