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CSX NEAR: The Kojo Nnamdi Show hosted on Monday a roundtable on the
Virginia Avenue Tunnel project, with David Garber and others. You
can listen to it here.
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CSX FAR: Heads will explode, but I will pass along that CSX's
J&L Tunnel Modification project has
recently won two engineering awards. What is this tunnel? "The J&L Tunnel was constructed in the 1880s as part of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad to allow trains to run beneath the former J&L Steel Company’s Pittsburgh Works Southside facility." And what was the project? CSX "increased the vertical clearance of a 130-year-old tunnel running through Pittsburgh’s SouthSide Works, a mixed-use residential and commercial development. CSX worked closely with public officials, local businesses and residents to minimize noise and disruption during construction. Upon completion of the tunnel work, CSX restored trees and plantings, and invested in landscaping improvements that left the overlying Tunnel Park a more usable recreational space."
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HAMPTON: The building permit has been approved for the
168-room Hampton Inn just north of Nats Park. (The shoring permit was approved back in December.)
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THE MASTER PLAN: DDOT has officially
released its update to the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative Master Plan. This covers projects like the
new Douglass Bridge and
South Capitol Street makeover, the Barney Circle/
Southeast Boulevard redo, the M Street SE/SW transportation study, the
Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, and all other manner of projects and studies for infrastructure updates and improvements in the area. (Though, at 194 pages, maybe the Executive Summary will be a good place to start.) If I were a good blogger, I'd write a big in-depth entry about this, but, well, we know the answer to that these days....
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DE-W'ED: Have you noticed that the Curly Ws are gone from various freeway signs?
Here's why.
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PASTOR MILLS: Unfortunately, a sad piece of news to mention is that Karen Mills, pastor of the St. Paul's church at 4th and I SE,
passed away on Feb. 21. I only met her a few times, but she was a very welcoming and pleasant presence, and condolences go out to her family, friends, and members of the church.
Anything else catching peoples' eyes?