Politics & Government
Commission Says No to More NIH Parking Spaces
A request to add 1,000 parking spaces on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda was rejected.
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The National Institutes of Health cannot add parking spaces on its Bethesda campus, according to a decision by the National Capital Planning Commission.
On Thursday, the commission rejected the NIH plan for another 1,000 parking spaces on its Bethesda campus over the next 20 years that would handle an estimated 3,000 new hires.
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Montgomery Community Media reports the commission’s rejection of more parking spaces was due in part to current employee parking exceeding the 1:3 parking ratio goal by 2,129 spaces.
The NIH Master Plan would shift new development to the campus’s east side, near the Medical Center Metro station. Plans call for a maximum increase of 3,000 employees (new population of (23,594), 1.6 million square feet of new research space, 775,000 square feet of new administrative/support space, and 1,000 net new parking spaces.
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