Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) is backing a selection committee’s recommendation that a Largo site be chosen for a new, $654 million state-of-the-art regional hospital. The board of directors for Dimensions Healthcare System, the nonprofit organization operating four hospitals in Prince George’s County, will discuss the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 2, 2013 Contact: Kelly Blynn, Coalition for Smarter Growth, 202-675-0016 x 127 Ben Ross, Action Committee for Transit, 301-706-6826 Advocates urge Gov. O’Malley to target funds to transportation projects supporting smart growth Gov. O’Malley to announce transportation spending on Monday in Bethesda In advance of Governor O’Malley’s visit to

Two sites remain in the running for a new, $645 million regional hospital in Prince George’s County to replace the financially ailing Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly and create a full-service medical campus. The board of Dimensions Healthcare System, which oversees county-owned medical facilities, voted unanimously Thursday to send letters to

West Chevy Chase residents no longer have to worry about a “Green Mile” marred by bus lanes down its middle, which would have meant widening the road, and possibly acquiring land through eminent domain. That idea has been removed from the latest draft of the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master

Bus Rapid Transit supporters are split on the Master Plan the county’s Planning Department will likely send to the County Council next week on the new transportation system. Some are still worried language inserted into the plan that would require “a thorough traffic analysis” before any BRT system is implemented severely waters down