Meeting on 17th St. Construction Project Tonight
Go check out your stimulus dollars at work people! Tonight, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will hold a meeting to discuss the upcoming 17th Street Construction Project, one of the many transportation projects financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Here’s more on the project:
The $4.5M 17th Street Resurfacing Project is one of the District’s ARRA projects. The scope of work includes 17th Street from Mass Avenue to New Hampshire Avenue and is anticipated to be completed by fall 2010.
Work includes, replacement of existing sidewalk with concrete sidewalk, new granite curbs and brick gutters, mill and overlay of the roadway, replacement of Fire Hydrants, installation of new trees in designated areas, new street lights and new traffic signals.
The meeting will be held at St. Thomas’ Parish Church located at 1772 Church Street, NW; 6:30 – 8:30 this evening.
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3:33 pm[...] week, commenters lashed out when I blogged about an upcoming meeting regarding road/sidewalk construction on 17th Street NW. One questioned the need for the project saying “Roads seem fine. Trees are present. Sidewalks [...]
4:17 pm
Maybe I should just shut up and go to the meeting, but…
Why is this project happening? I live right on 17th and Q and can think of no good reason. Roads seem fine. Trees are present. Sidewalks allow me to walk on them without any problem. What gives? Maybe use this money for parts of the city that deserve it?
4:47 pm
Thank you John! I live at 17th and P and compeltely agree. I can’t make it to the meeting, so if you can, go and speak for all of us. 4.5 million is a lot of money. I’d like to see it better spent.