Posts tagged Dc Water
-
DC Water proposes sewer improvements, new roads
Major infrastructure projects, such as sewer construction, can cause a lot of disruption without many tangible benefits. But in Upper Northwest, proposed sewer repairs could result in new bike paths and connections to local parks. DC Water needs to repair disintegrating sewer lines in Glover Archbold Park and the Soapstone Valley, which could include building an access road. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Disappearing money
Money sinks into the hole; Alta workers launch petition; LeMunyon: No money for trails; Will MD drivers fill up in VA?; Bring your big boxes here?; Frumin pushes for neighborhood schools; How to legalize airbnb?; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: WMATA won’t pay
WMATA will run, not fix transit center; Graham must pay for his lawyers; Wrong escalator parts; A shifty shift of funds?; In Purple’s path; BIDs get real-time; Less flooding, but other problems; DC IDs 150 food truck spots; Bike lanes breed safety, profits; And…. Keep reading…
-
Green jobs should be part of Clean Rivers
DC residents and business owners are footing the bill to fix the city’s outdated stormwater infrastructure. Let’s get green jobs in the bargain. Stormwater runoff is a byproduct of our developing city. We’ve turned much of our land into paved streets, parking lots, sidewalks and rooftops; when it rains, millions of gallons of water rush into our antiquated… Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Dig yourself a hole
DC Water is spending big; Bonds’ platform: “I’m black”; Benning is better; MPD not releasing marijuana data; Landmark Mall redevelopment far off; How smart is Street Smart?; Count traffic for $200; And… Keep reading…
-
Bigger park, taller buildings on tap for McMillan site
DC Water will temporarily use two former water filtration cells in the McMillan Sand Filtration Site to store excess rainwater and mitigate flooding in neighborhoods like Bloomingdale beginning in spring 2014. That decision forces Vision McMillan Partners (VMP) to redraw its plans to transform the site into a mixed-use neighborhood. The previous plan called for new rowhouses… Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Councilmember wishes
Buses may still come to Ivy City; Money order ban; Go green to save green; Plow Arlington; Long Branch bets on transit; Count on it; People talk commutes; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Stop the madness
Use McMillan site to stop flooding?; Trade the FBI for the Redskins?; Cyclist stabs driver; Rail yard construction could delay Silver Line; Wards 1 & 2 making the most children; Development along Lee Highway?; Fairfax wants funds from Pentagon; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Delayed service
More streetcars, maybe late; Can you hear me now?; Golf course to buildings?; The man who’d fix Southwest; Safer than that; @Bikeshare gets 5 stars; NY (heart) biking; And…. Keep reading…
-
With DC stormwater, who pays, and for what?
Water bills for DC residents and businesses may increase soon to help pay for improved stormwater infrastructure. But not everyone agrees how to pay for the infrastructure or even what kind of infrastructure to build. Next week DC Water’s Retail Rates Committee will meet to decide what rate increases will take effect this fall for customers whose properties have… Keep reading…