Breakfast links: What areas will see the most development along the Purple Line?
Purple Line construction fencing in Long Branch by BeyondDC licensed under Creative Commons.
What could the Purple Line mean for development in the region?
At an Urban Land Institute panel on the Purple Line region, developers said they anticipate greater connection between Montgomery County and UMD, and expect more new growth in the parts of Prince George's County on the eastern edge of the line than the western MoCo end. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
Metro is looking into running trains across Wilson Bridge to MGM
WMATA's study will examine the logistics of running trains across the Wilson Bridge, a functional drawbridge. The study was mandated by Maryland in Metro's dedicated funding package, and could be a first step towards building a station at National Harbor. (Jonathan Capriel / WBJ)
Alexandria residents are fighting a land use battle in court to block a butcher
After the Alexandria City Council approved permits for a halal butcher on Colvin Street over the opposition of some residents, the group filed a complaint in court opposing the facility. They argue the city did not apply local zoning laws properly, but the Mayor stands behind the council decision. (Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian)
A new study will focus on street safety in Rock Creek west of WI Ave
DDOT will present recommendations this week for road changes to increase safety and expand access to multimodal transportation for a section of Ward 3 that stretches from Massachusetts Avenue to the Potomac River. (Andrew Giambrone / Curbed)
Arlington’s Nauck Town Square Park could move forward this week
The Arlington County Board is expected to vote on a contract to build a new public park in the Nauck neighborhood at its next meeting. The park was first proposed in 1998 and approved by the board in 2004, and Arlington now hopes to complete it by 2020. (Airey / ARLnow)
New bikeshare stations are on the way in Fairfax
A new Capital Bikeshare station is opening by the Dunn Loring Metro Station next week, with others planned for the Vienna Metro and the Mosaic District. Fairfax plans to add four more stations near Vienna by next spring, and 17 more in the Providence District by next summer. (Max Smith / WTOP)
The DC Council rejects the Mayor’s plan to move a high school
The DC Council voted down a proposal to move Benjamin Banneker High School from its current location near Columbia Heights to a site in Shaw. This could open the door for the Shaw site to be used as a new middle school, as some of the neighbors want. (Perry Stein / Post)
DC will close United Medical Center in four years
During budget hearings the DC Council voted to close UMC, the only hospital east of the Anacostia river, by 2023, and plan to replace it with a new hospital run by GW Hospital. DC will also only offer the hospital $15 million of the $40 million subsidy it requested. (Peter Jamison / Post)
Alice Rivlin, who led DC’s Financial Control Board, has died
Alice Rivlin, a nationally accomplished economist and DC resident who led the Financial Control Board until 2001 and helped put the city on solid economic footing, has died at the age of 88. (Tom Sherwood / City Paper)
DC will not try to limit FOIA restrictions after all
The DC Council pulled a proposal that woud have narrowed the application of open records requests from its budget before beginning the budgetary debates, effectively tabling the issue. (Ashley Lisenby / WAMU)
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