Action Needed to Restore Funding for the MBT

As our members and supporters know, WABA has worked for decades to help bring about a high-quality trail connection between Silver Spring and downtown DC.  The Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) can provide this connection, but its progress is threatened. This year, the budget proposed by the Montgomery County Executive cuts design and construction funding for the county’s portion of the MBT for the next six years. We need the County Council to ensure that these years of effort are not wasted and that the County’s commitments to prioritize the completion of the trail are kept. Priorities are determined not in empty words, but in budgetary commitments. In this budget the promises to build this trail are broken. Your opportunity to tell the County Council to return the MBT to the county’s budget is this Tuesday, February 7^th at 7pm.  Please come and show your support for the trail.  If you are unable to attend in person, CLICK HERE to email the County Council to state your support for the trail and to request that funding be restored.