Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Neighbors worry about overflow traffic to 37th Street once Wisconsin Avenue has fewer lanes.
The Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission demanded that the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) study traffic on 37th Street, north of Whitehaven Parkway. The traffic study would develop a baseline to determine the eventual impact of the streetscape project on traffic in the area just north of Georgetown. The Glover Park Streetscape Project will widen sidewalks, create a center median and reduce the number of traffic lanes on Wisconsin Avenue. After painting the medians, DDOT will wait a year to see if they cause any unintended consequences before making them permanent. DDOT's Paul Hoffman explained that his agency had taken studies — not necessarily at the requested location on 37th Street — but they were taken after April …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Temporary conduits are in place in the center lane of Wisconsin Avenue during construction of the Glover Park Streetscape project.
The concrete barriers in the center lane of Wisconsin Avenue just north of the Georgetown Safeway serve as temporary construction conduits for the Glover Park Streetscape project. Contrary to their appearance, the barriers are not the beginning of a permanent concrete median. The District Department of Transporation (DDOT) will eventually install a center median, but it will be painted, rather than concrete. The agency will evaluate the median for a year before making any determination about a more permanent structure. The Glover Park Streetscape project will widen sidewalks, create a painted center median and reduce the number of traffic lanes on Wisconsin Avenue. The project will reduce the number of traffic lanes from three to two …
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Initial stages of construction began April 2 and construction is expected to continue through September.
A plan to widen sidewalks, create a center median and reduce the number of traffic lanes on Wisconsin Avenue in the name of pedestrian safety has set the Glover Park neighborhood listserv "on fire" over the last month. Concerns include traffic, the effect on side streets and a perceived lack of public input. A meeting on the Glover Park Streetscape project last Tuesday brought out nearly 100 people who wanted answers from District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Office of Planning (OP) and Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) officials. The project will reduce the number of traffic lanes from three to two during peak hours and from two to one during off-peak hours. Certain intersections will have left turn lanes. A center, painted …
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Commissioners sought clarification and assurances about the plan, which adjusts the number of traffic lanes and widens sidewalks, among other changes.
Georgetown's Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) hosted District Department of Transportation (DDOT) officials and Glover Park ANC representatives to discuss the upcoming Glover Park Streetscapes project at their monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 28. The proposed changes would reduce the number of lanes for traffic from three to two during peak hours and from two to one during non-peak hours; select intersections will have left turn lanes. A center median will take over the remaining space and will range in width between eight and nine feet depending on the overall width and curvature of Wisconsin Avenue and the presence of a left turn lane. Georgetown's commissioners raised concerns about the impact of the project on traffic both on …
Monday, November 28, 2011
Wider sidewalks, enhanced pedestrian crossings, a reduced number of traffic lanes and a new center island are planned.
Plans put in motion in 2006 to improve the Glover Park Streetscape will soon be implemented to change the stretch of Wisconsin Avenue from Cathedral Avenue in the north to Whitehaven Parkway in the south. The proposed changes would reduce the number of lanes for traffic from three to two during peak hours and from two to one during non-peak hours; select intersections will have left turn lanes. A center median will take over the remaining space and will range in width between eight and nine feet depending on the overall width and curvature of Wisconsin Avenue and the presence of a left turn lane. During peak hours there will be no street parking, creating two main lanes for traffic with a third lane for left turns at intersections. During …
NY2GT
11:29 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
I can't agree more. It simply defies common sense. If you travel Wisconsin everyday like I do, I was immediately pissed off that they would even think about doing such a thing. more ›