Montgomery County                           2775

all public roads, streets, highways and sidewalks in the County
now or hereafter maintained and operated by or under the juris-
diction of the County, including the acquisition of necessary
rights-of-way, the acquisition of equipment for highway con-
struction, maintenance and repair and planning and engineering
services; the planning, design, construction and reconstruction
of free bridges constituting parts of such roads, streets or high-
ways; the planning, construction, repair and permanent improve-
ment of any storm water drainage systems necessary in the
County;

(c)    The construction, reconstruction, extension, acquisition,
improvement, enlargement, alteration, repair and modernization
of any structures to house any of the functions of, or for the use
of, the County government or administration, especially health
clinics, fire engine houses and police stations, airports and land-
ing fields, parks and recreational facilities, or any combination
of the foregoing, including the acquisition and development of
sites therefor, the architectural and engineering services incident
thereto and the acquisition and installation of necessary furnish-
ings, fire fighting equipment and fixed permanent equipment
therefor;

(d)    The construction, reconstruction, improvement, exten-
sion, enlargement, alteration, conversion, modernization, repair,
relocation, grading, resurfacing, widening, draining, and acquisi-
tion (including the preparation of plans, architectural and
engineering services) of transit facilities which are defined to be
all those matters and things utilized in rendering mass transit
service by means of rail, bus, water or air and any other mode of
travel, including without limitation, tracks, rights of way,
bridges, tunnels, subways, rolling stock for rail, motor vehicle,
marine and air transportation, stations, terminals and ports,
areas for parking and all equipment, fixtures, buildings and
structures and services incidental to or required in connection
with the performance of mass transit service; and any part of the
County's share of contributions agreed to be made under any
contracts or agreements by the Washington Suburban Transit
District to the capital required for the construction and/or ac-
quisition of transit facilities (as defined in this subsection or as
may be defined in Chapter 870 of the Laws of Maryland of 1965,
as the same may be amended from time to time) in the Washing-
ton metropolitan area, all as provided by said Chapter 870 of the
Laws of Maryland of 1965, as amended from time to time;

(e)    The construction, reconstruction, improvement, exten-
sion, acquisition, enlargement, alteration, repair, modernization,
relocation, grading, resurfacing, widening and drainage of off-
street parking lots and facilities for the parking of automobiles