Police street closures disrupt bus service

Heard on: Montgomery MD Transportation Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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The streets are tight and the police are everywhere in the neighborhood.

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They blocked Lexington Rd and Perry Ave.

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Oh, what can I do?

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Yeah, there's no way our buses can come in here.

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They got the inside streets blocked off.

00:17

They have their detour route and buses cannot go in there.

00:22

Oh, what can I do about the Ralph Fire?

00:25

Yes, that's what I'm thinking as well.

00:27

The Ralph Fire still have to stay on University Boulevard.

00:32

University to what? I'm gonna get it over the university.

00:37

I'm gonna get it over the university from uh, from uh, from no, from Metropolitan.

00:47

Yeah, let them go by the Ralph Fire.

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This neighborhood is tight.

00:53

Let me see how far University Way we can go.

9/7/2026 05:07 AM

Road Closure

Lexington St & Perry Ave, Kensington, MD 20895

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports that police have closed several streets in a neighborhood, including Lexington Road and Perry Avenue, causing buses to be detoured along University Boulevard and Metropolitan Avenue because the local streets are too tight for bus traffic.