Councilman Marks Calls For Increased Security At Busy Towson Intersection

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TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — The caller transgression astir the intersection of Loch Raven Blvd and Joppa Rd is being called a immense measurement backward for an country trying to crook things around. Now, section leaders are calling connected the concern owners to measurement up.

Baltimore County Councilman David Marks said they’ve been moving hard to revitalize the area.

“This is surely 1 of the busiest intersections successful Baltimore County, it’s besides 1 of the oldest,” said Marks.

There has been immoderate progress, but Councilman Marks said caller transgression successful the area, including a treble shooting and a barricade situation, person been a immense measurement backwards, and the impermanent closure of the Bel-Loc Starbucks has dealt a blow.

“I mean we’ve heard the employees are frightened to travel to work, rather frankly,” said Marks.

We asked Starbucks if the impermanent closure had thing to bash with crime. They said the determination is closed for renovations and that they’ve offered their employees the enactment to beryllium transferred. Nevertheless, transgression has been a occupation for section businesses.

“It’s been a occupation for years,” said Jordan Levine, a section concern proprietor and co-chair of the Joppa-Loch Raven Taskforce.

Levine said those problems stem from drugs, and the hotels wherever immoderate of the caller incidents person occurred.

“Everybody knows astir the problems,” said Levine. “The constabulary cognize astir the problems, they effort to person much of a beingness successful the country but unluckily that tin lone bash truthful much.”

Councilman Marks is calling connected section businesses to measurement up and instrumentality responsibility.

“I would similar the large spot owners successful this country to bash a amended occupation with security,” helium said. “I deliberation we’re each successful this together.”

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Both Marks and Levine said, with the proximity to the Beltway, this country is ripe for redevelopment. They said if businesses privation to measurement successful and assistance physique up the area, that’s different mode they could compression retired crime.