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Near Southeast DC Past News Items: Jun 06, 2014
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It was announced earlier this week that the US Department of Transportation has awarded a $3.38 million grant to help establish a "fast ferry" service from Alexandria to "the Navy Yard.".
(I've been a bit slow in posting on this because I've been trying to find out whether it's really to "the Navy Yard" (or "the Naval Yard") or to Diamond Teague Park and Piers, which would seem to be the logical location and which was the spot used in the 2009 study of possible service. Haven't come across a firm answer on that in any coverage, but maybe someone else has....)
According to WTOP, the money will be used to buy two ferry boats and operate them during business hours.
WTOP's piece also says that "[g]etting the ferry service off the ground is not a huge technologically complex issue that some would think. But growing it and sustaining it will be more difficult." Prince William County Supervisor Frank Principi, longtime advocate for water-based commuting opportunities, says that it will require partnerships, such as local governments, the military, and the private sector, to sustain the service.
Principi says that the service could be up and running within a year--but there isn't as yet a dock location identified in Alexandria.
UPDATE: As mentioned in the comments, the Post reports today that the destination will be Bolling and St. Elizabeth's (and that's what the actual FTA release says). Maybe earlier reporting was assuming people could swim to the Navy Yard from there.
 

As I spend a glorious late spring day reading the Office of Planning setdown report for Forest City's request for additional building height allowances in Yards West, my eyes lit up at this paragraph, in reference to the "Parcel A" site where Building 213 is currently in its final days:
"Finally, the site is located about a block east of one entrance to the Navy Yard Metro station, and across M Street from the west entrance[.] Both entrances can be quite congested, particularly during rush hours and on baseball stadium game/event days. WMATA has indicated a desire to increase capacity and convenience to passengers by providing an additional entrance to the Navy Yard Metro station on the south side of M Street on Parcel A. To faciliate this, OP is proposing that, as part of Zoning Commission review of any development on Parcel A, facilitation in the site and building design for a new entrance be provided - this would not require [Forest City Washington], the developer, to provide the new entrance, but rather would ensure that any construction on the site would accommodate this additional entrance."
Not something that would happen anytime soon, I imagine, but good to know that it's at least being thought about.
 




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