Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
Movement at last on the Broad Branch Road project? For almost two decades, DDOT has been working on plans to rehabilitate and potentially add pedestrian and bike lanes to Broad Branch between Linnean Avenue and Beach Drive. The last major update on where things stand was in 2016, when DDOT revealed it was getting State […]
by Marlene Berlin Since 2016, ANC 3F has had a committee focused on street and sidewalk safety. Its main and ongoing mission is to assess and address the state of streets and sidewalks throughout this part of DC. The new year is expected to bring additional priorities. ANC 3F Streets and Sidewalks Committee members – […]
by Marlene Berlin Two much-needed transportation maintenance projects are in full swing. Albemarle Street between Connecticut Avenue and 30th Street has been scraped for a new surface and a new crosswalk with ramps is being constructed at 30th. But a familiar cold weather problem remains: a spring running over the roadway just west of 30th […]
DDOT recently told local leaders that WMATA would be performing emergency water work at the Van Ness Metro station and that the sidewalk south of Veazey Terrace would be closed. A map accompanying the advisory showed no accommodations for pedestrians heading to the Metro elevator from the north. The advisory also stated that the southbound […]
Metrobus and private vehicle travel on our section of Connecticut Avenue will be disrupted over the coming month by roadwork. Curbed DC has details: A mile and a half of Connecticut Avenue NW—between Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase, D.C.—is slated for roughly one month of temporary lane closures due to road resurfacing, according to the […]
by Josh Rising and Paul DeMaio Everyone should be able to get around his or her neighborhood and city safely and easily, whether that be by foot, bicycle or car. Unfortunately, for many Ward 3 residents, setting out on a bike can be too daunting given the lack of bike lanes throughout this part of […]
The crews installing new curbs along Connecticut Avenue over the past couple of weeks were also making preparations for changes to unsignalized pedestrian crossings at Appleton and Cumberland Streets – and bus stops at Cumberland and Everett Streets. The pedestrian ramps at Appleton and Cumberland are gone. The crosswalk markings at Appleton have also been […]
by Marlene Berlin Late last year, DDOT Transportation Planner Robyn Jackson spoke to the communities along Connecticut Avenue and asked for feedback on DDOT’s plan to study the reversible lanes on Connecticut Avenue. The scope, as we understood it then: Connecticut Avenue will be the primary focus, but the study will look also at impacts […]
Our advisory neighborhood commission meets once each month. Two ANC 3F committees meet monthly as well, to dive in more detail into issues of interest to Van Ness, Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park. The next committee meetings are this week: The Parks and Trails Committee is meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Forest Hills […]
by Stefanie Harrington and Joan Schaefer Most people in Forest Hills likely know the traffic issues that neighbors on Albemarle and 30th Streets face, especially during morning and evening rush hour. The intersection of these streets is an especially dangerous spot, because the area is heavily foot trafficked, drivers have poor visibility, and it’s at […]
