The recommendations include the following ideas to not only improve safety but also enhance the community with new mixed-use development, residential uses and mobility alternatives:

• Introducing a complete street approach along Veirs Mill Road that includes continuous walkways protected by a green buffer and a two-way separated bike lane along the south side.
• Implementing short and long-term improvements on commercial properties to create neighborhood-serving centers. [Montgomery County planner Jessica] McVary said there are opportunities for additional mixed-use development along Veirs Mill as well as potential for new areas where public open spaces could be established along with new internal street connections.
• Adding residential, both single-family and multifamily. McVary said most of the Veirs Mill corridor is aligned with single-family development but the hope is to also encourage higher-density development such as town homes and mid-rise apartment buildings that also provide a centralized area for public use. The recommendations specifically call for multifamily closer to the Twinbrook Metro and new development adjacent to Rock Creek Park.
• Creating partnerships to encourage community participation in the corridor and to create local character with public art, tree plantings and bicycle facilities.