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The following is a statement by Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Board of Directors Chair Charles Allen in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) investment in passenger rail along the Northeast Corridor (NEC), including new funding to support planning activities to expand Washington Union Station.

Metropolitan Washington remains under a Drought Watch, following several months of low rainfall with dry conditions expected to continue throughout the fall and winter months. The Drought Watch was enacted in July by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). Area city and county managers were advised today that officials on COG’s Drought Coordination Technical Committee met last week and recommended keeping the region under the Drought Watch.

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (COG) Street Smart campaign is educating drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists to keep everyone safe on the region’s roadways through increased traffic enforcement and a new messaging campaign sharing impactful roadway safety tips, “Slow Down, Life Ahead”.

Kaiser Permanente, in partnership with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), hosted the fourth annual and first in-person Regional Homelessness Forum on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. This year’s forum marked a critical step forward in addressing housing insecurity and burnout within the workforce that supports unhoused populations across the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore regions.

At its monthly meeting, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors approved $500,000 in grants to support eight local planning initiatives and development projects which address the need for more housing near transit areas, affordable to those with lower incomes.

Officials affirm integrity of the election system, applaud region’s election workers