Congressman Jamie Raskin (D - MD-8) has secured $3,150,000 in American taxpayer funds to improve bus lanes along Georgia Avenue between Glenmont and downtown Silver Spring. The money will be used to "upgrade pavement markings, painted lanes, signage and design modifications and lane transitions," Raskin's office announced yesterday. Dual goals include increasing driver awareness of the lanes, and compliance with bus lane rules. The appropriation is part of a $16.5 million haul for his Maryland congressional district that Raskin touted Friday. Raskin is running for re-election this fall, facing Democrat Stephen Alan Leon in the primary, and Nancy Wallace (Green Party) and Cheryl Riley (Republican) in November.
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