Last August, orange flags appeared at the Reno Road and Warren Street intersection. In November, another set arrived. We initially thought they were DDOT’s doing, but the flags are actually the result of ongoing pedestrian safety advocacy by ANC 3F01 Commissioner Amy Rofman and community member Stephanie Resnick. Rofman tells Forest Hills Connection she started […]
Albemarle Street reopening is the latest Soapstone sewer project milestone
Now open: Albemarle Street east of Connecticut Avenue, for the first time since a major DC Water closed the section of roadway to vehicle traffic in September 9th, 2024. Tuesday’s reopening was one of the final and largest steps toward completion of the Soapstone Valley sewer rehabilitation project. Last week, road crews repaved and repainted […]
A great Hanukkah present: A traffic light at Connecticut and Chesapeake
by Marlene Berlin Connecticut Avenue will soon have a new traffic light helping pedestrians cross the six lanes of traffic. On Monday, December 15th, we saw workers installing vehicle signals at the Chesapeake Street intersection. It seems fitting that the lights are being put up while Hanukkah – the Jewish celebration of lights – is […]
Getting Around: Albemarle Street repaving dates; Weigh in on DDOT’s Strategic Bikeways Plan on Dec. 10 or online
DC Water’s Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project is almost done. Since the project started in March 2022, the century-old system of sewer lines running through the valley have been sealed and strengthened with new linings. Soapstone Creek has been reconstructed to protect the sewer system and watershed from stormwater erosion and damage. The most recent milestone, […]
A roundup of recent and ongoing DC work in the neighborhood
by Marlene Berlin At times in recent days, it has seemed like there’s a DC government project on every street in the neighborhood. Here’s a list of the work we’ve spotted over the past two weeks, and you’re welcome to add your own sightings in the comments section below. Early last week, the DDOT started […]
A brief history of sidewalk advocacy in the neighborhood
by Marlene Berlin The newest sidewalk on Forest Hills was completed in late August. The gap it filled in, along Davenport Street, was on the District’s radar for nearly two decades. The sidewalk gap along Davenport Street between Linnean Avenue the middle of the 3000 block (near the big sycamore tree) was marked in red […]
Closing the gaps: New sidewalks for Davenport and nearby streets
A DDOT project under way through August 30th is adding the first sidewalks to one side of the 2900-3000 blocks of Davenport Street and nearby segments of Linnean Avenue and 30th Street. DDOT’s Karyn McAlister shared this map of the work area: There have never been sidewalks on either side of these street segments. DDOT’s […]
Goodbye Van Ness Kiss and Ride, and a few other WMATA Better Bus updates
Well before WMATA rolled out the new Better Bus system on June 29th, we knew that the old, familiar lines like the L2 and the 30s buses would be remade and renamed. What we did not realize is that the new system would mean the end of the Van Ness Metro Kiss and Ride. The […]
A local block popular with cut-through drivers gets its first sidewalk
by Paul Harrison Congrats to our neighbors on 35th Street, who advocated for installation of a paved sidewalk on their street between Alton Place and Yuma Street (the residential block just behind Bread Furst, Zips and the car wash). There are many families with children in the immediate area, and the lack of a sidewalk […]
ANC 3F June 17 agenda: DDOT’s Connecticut Avenue safety project; Canna Art’s medical cannabis license application; the Bowser budget
In April last year, under questioning from Ward 3 Council member Matt Frumin, DDOT director Sharon Kershbaum revealed that bike lanes would be cut from the agency’s upper Connecticut Avenue safety improvement project. DDOT unveiled its new thinking at a June 24, 2024 public meeting, describing and showing preliminary renderings including: Reduction of vehicular travel […]