Public Advised Blasting to Begin on Monday As Work Continues on Silver Spring Transit

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Public Advised Blasting to Begin on Monday As Work Continues on Silver Spring Transit Center

Beginning Monday, February 22 (weather permitting), residents and employees in the vicinity of the Silver Spring Transit Center site – bordered by Colesville Road, the Metro Red Line Station, Wayne Ave. and Ramsey Ave. -- may hear blasting as the County’s Department of General Services continues construction on the project. Blasting will last for four to six weeks and occur primarily between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The blasting will have little or no impact beyond the construction fence at the site. Traffic will not be impacted and pedestrian access should not be affected.

Those in the immediate vicinity of the site may hear a 30-second air horn five minutes before a blast occurs, and then three short horn tones five seconds before the blast explosion. Within about a minute of the blast, a 15-second all clear horn will blow once the Master Blaster verifies the completeness of the blast.

In the unlikely event that the Master Blaster determines tha ...more

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