Breakfast links: Virginia agencies prepare to avoid another I-95 winter weather shutdown
Virginia preps for winter driving along I-95
State transportation, emergency management, and law enforcement officials plan to use a new text-message alert system for the public, along with police drones to monitor road conditions and revise how snow removal equipment is placed and deployed. The agencies have also undergone increased training on collaboration and use emergency declarations sooner. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Arlington’s storefront businesses call for more Vision Zero efforts directed at them
The owner of Ireland’s Four Courts, a popular bar that a driver suffering a medical emergency crashed into earlier this year, is calling for bollards and other streatery and storefront protection from vehicles. He states that the existing Vision Zero efforts in Arlington County don’t focus enough on small street-facing storefronts like his and nearby Bayou Bakery. (Jo DeVoe / ARLNow)
Southwest DC grocery shifting to prepared food business incubator
DC’s Good Foods Market in the Bellevue neighborhood will not completely close, but instead, shift to a carry-out-only model while they work with other prepared foods businesses in the Southwest DC neighborhood to generate enough income and interest to return to selling fresh groceries. (Amanda Michelle Gomez / DCist)
Gaithersburg apartment explosion not related to structural issues
Last week’s condo explosion in Gaithersburg was not caused by a structural issue, but by a fire set by a now-deceased complex resident, who left behind a suicide note and whose body was recovered over the weekend. (Jacob Wallace / Bisnow)
DC residents calling for renovation of Fort Greble Recreation Center in Bellevue
Residents of Southwest DC’s Bellevue and Highland neighborhoods want the District Parks and Recreation (DPR) to renovate and reopen the shuttered recreation center adjacent to Fort Greble Park. (Sam P.K. Collins / Washington Informer)
Baltimore’s Port Covington neighborhood is changing its name to Baltimore Peninsula
The name change was sought to move the neighborhood away from prior negative associations ahead of its grand opening in 2023. The Port Covington name will still be used on Baltimore city maps and in US Census Bureau data collections. (Hallie Miller / Baltimore Banner)
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