A sample letter to Bruce Gartner, Administrator of the Howard County Department of Transportation please send to him c/o David Cookson: dcookson@howardcountymd.gov)

Dear Administrator Gartner,

I am a resident of one of the communities served by Rivers Edge Road and am writing to thank you for your decision to make a Rivers Edge Road grade-separated interchange the top county transportation priority. 

Our community of 413 homes and over 1000 residents has only a single inlet/output directly onto US29.  As traffic has increased on Route 29, safety and congestion have become growing problems.  FHA and SHA studies identified a grade-separated interchange as the best solution and our community has been waiting for over 30 years for it to be built.

As SHA seeks ways to reduce congestion on Route 29, the need for this interchange has become critical; building the interchange will improve safety, access, and equity while improving traffic flow on US29.  A grade-separated interchange that connects Rivers Edge Road with Old Columbia Road is also consistent with HoCo goals including connected communities, walk/bike-ability, and moving more traffic off highways and onto local roads. 

I respectfully ask you and your team to give top priority to the Rivers Edge Road interchange and help get the project funded and into construction.   Many thanks to you and Executive Ball for your support and your concern for our community.