Surviving the Heat, Bells Mill Road Resurfacing, Meeting on Widening Rockville Pike

[Howard Hartman]

Neighborhood News  Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Friendship Heights, Garrett Park, Glen Echo, North Bethesda, Potomac, Rockville and White Flint   July 19, 2012  In this issue Surviving the heat Bells Mill Road resurfacing Meeting on widening Rockville Pike Expand your dance repertoire Ken Hartman is working on: Formation of a White Flint downtown advisory committee Advisory Board priority issues for fiscal year 2013 Arts in Bethesda Metro issues   __________________  Quick links  Archived newsletters Organizations   Citizens Advisory Board    Bethesda Urban Partnership   Bethesda Green   Glen Echo Park  Live and Learn Bethesda   Greater B-CC Chamber of Commerce   Potomac Chamber of Commerce   Rockville Chamber of Commerce   Services    Crime reports   Meeting room rentals   Volunteer opportunities   Call 311, get it done   Thank you for reading Neighborhood News!  Learn more about the Regional Services Center at our blog and please be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter!       Surviving the heat In these dog days of summer, those who are most at risk from our high temperatures are young children, the elderly and people with health problems. Here are some common-sense measures to prevent heat exhaustion, heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses:  Stay indoors whenever possible. If you must do a strenuous activity, do it during the coolest part of the day, usually before 9 am.  Wear protection from the sun:  light-colored clothing, a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen.   Drink plenty of water.     Never leave pets or young children in a car, even with the windows cracked.  If your home or that of someone you know isn't air conditioned, or you just want to get out, go to an air conditioned public facility or a pool. Or, of course, to the movies or a mall. To find air conditioned public facilities in your area, go to My Montgomery and type in your address. For questions about a specific facility and its hours of operation, call 311.      Bells Mill Road to be resurfaced Weather permitting, the micro-resurfacing of Bells Mill Road will begin Sunday night, July 22. The work will be done from 8 pm to 5 am and should take six to seven work days. After Bells Mill Road resurfacing is complete, the crew will start on Edson Lane, working the same nighttime hours.    As we wrote recently, work on Edson Lane was scheduled to begin on July 23. However, the project manager decided to complete Bells Mill Road first to be sure that it's resurfaced and restriped well before school is back in session.     For questions, contact Martin Wurdeman at martin.wurdeman@montgomerycountymd.gov or  240-777-7649.  SHA public meeting on widening MD Rte. 355  On Tuesday, July 24, 6-8 pm, the State Highway Administration is holding an informational meeting  on the BRAC project to widen northbound MD Rte. 355 (Rockville Pike) between Cedar Lane and Elsmere Avenue.  As part of the project, contractors will construct retaining walls, a new sidewalk, and, depending on community input, a noise barrier along the affected part of MD Rte. 355.   Project-related displays showing the proposed improvements will be set up at the July 24 meeting. Attendees are encouraged to provide feedback, and SHA representatives will be there to answer questions. There will be no formal presentations, so those interested may come any time between 6 and 8 pm. The meeting will be in the cafeteria of North Bethesda Middle School, 8935 Bradmoor Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817.    Expand your dance repertoire Glen Echo Park is offering quite a variety of social dance classes this summer for teens and adults, including beginning and intermediate blues, beginning and intermediate salsa, swing and lindy, and Viennese waltz made easy. Classes are in the Spanish ballroom; times vary. Visit Glen Echo's website for more information and to register.

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