Posts tagged Huntington
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Fairfax County built a levee to protect from floods. How’d it hold up in Monday’s storm?
On Monday morning, the Washington region experienced an intense storm with pouring rain and dangerous flooding conditions. Metro stations turned into fountains, parking garages and roads became rivers, and dozens had to be rescued from rising flood waters. The storm was also one of the first tests of the new Huntington levee in Southeast Fairfax County. Keep reading…
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Big transportation changes could be coming to Richmond Highway
Plans would put sidewalks along the whole route and install dedicated bicycle paths. Combined with efforts to create walkable street grids in place of current sprawling shopping centers, this would make Richmond Highway far more accessible to pedestrians than it is today. Keep reading…
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A condo association in Huntington dissolved itself to make way for a better Metro station area
With this development and the upcoming one on Route 1, Huntington may become a place that new residents want to invest in, rather than just treat like a waypoint. Keep reading…
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Upcoming Metro shutdowns signal a new, better approach to track work
On Thursday, Metro announced that three sections of Green, Red, and Yellow Line tracks will shut down for up to 15 days between August 2017 and May 2018 so that crews can perform trackwork. The shutdowns indicate that Metro may be shifting how it approaches track maintenance, going from using single-tracking and overnight maintenance that can mean drawing things out to simply shutting and getting a job done all at once. Keep reading…
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Flooding is a real risk in Alexandria, so Fairfax County is building a levee
On Monday, a crew began clearing trees from the banks of Cameron Run in Alexandria, marking the start of construction for Fairfax County’s new levee. When the levee is finished in 2019, it will protect about 160 homes in the Huntington neighborhood from flooding, which has been a huge issue in the county for more than 30 years. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Metro’s third rail shocks and scares
Two Metro workers were injured in an accident involving the electrified third rail. DC gained exciting architecture in 2016 in the form of a new museum, schools, and libraries. The National Capital Planning Commission votes today on the final guidelines for the development to replace the FBI headquarters in DC. One of the commission's recommendations? Slimmer sidewalks. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More metro development
Few development bids; Uber vs. Lyft; A safer Route 1; Politico stays in Rossyln; Better access in Arlington; Why can’t we build high speed rail?; All night in Philly; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up, up, and away
The height limit is popular; Minimum wage going up; More parking for Huntington; Where do the kids go?; Marijuana bill moves forward; Rep. Moran retiring; Express lanes fall short; And…. Keep reading…
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More roads won’t solve traffic on I-95 in Northern Virginia
I-95 in Northern Virginia is already one of the nation’s most congested corridors, and forecasts predict it will only get worse. A new study by the GMU Center for Regional Analysis lays out the difficult decisions area leaders face regarding the corridor’s future land use, economy, and transportation network. At present, the I-95 corridor in Fairfax and Prince… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving On
How much did the shutdown cost Metro?; Huntington development moves forward; Virginia Sq. planning mismatch; Heating plant gets another hearing; Major bike moves in MoveDC; Green paint for bike lanes; Traffic could be worse; Taxi drivers protest credit card fees; And…. Keep reading…