Metro Seeks Public Comments on Apartment Project at College Park Station

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Metro is inviting the public to provide feedback on a proposed apartment project on the east side of the College Park Metrorail Station as part of a transit-oriented joint development. The two multifamily residential buildings, with ground-floor retail space, would be built on the station's Park & Ride surface lot.

The joint development project would be constructed by a private developer and is anticipated to include two buildings with about 430 residential units, Metro said.

Feedback collected from the public will be provided to Metro's Board of Directors for final review and approval. If the project is approved, construction is projected to begin in 2018.

Here's how the public can comment on the apartment project:

• Submit comments and take a survey through the online comment form
• Provide feedback to project staff at the College Park-U of MD Metrorail Station from 4-6 p.m. Monday, April 10, and 7-9 a.m. Thursday.
• Submit written comments to Office of the Secretary, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 600 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC. Comments must be received by 5 p.m. Thursday, May 4.
• Attend a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, April 24, with an open house at 6:30 p.m., at College Park City Hall, 4500 Knox Road in College Park. (Free shuttle bus will be provided to/from the College Park-U of Md every 30 minutes between 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. The last shuttle from City Hall will depart 15 minutes after the hearing concludes.)

In anticipation of this project, the State of Maryland and Prince George's County financed the construction of a 1,290-space Park & Ride garage that opened in 2005 to replace and expand the number of spaces that would be displaced by the apartment project.

For more information on the project, click here.

Image: A rendering of the apartment buildings on the east side of the College Park Metro station (WMATA)