Noise-producing stream work behind Park Connecticut and Park Van Ness. A partial street closure. A farmers market meet-and-greet. DC Water’s September 14th project update email had dates for all of the above, but not for when the sewer pipe relining work might begin. Officials will be attending ANC 3F’s meeting on Tuesday, September 20th – […]
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Soapstone sewer updates: A neighborhood working group is tackling issues including air pollution and noise
by Marlene Berlin A neighborhood working group has formed to work on issues that have come up as DC Water proceeds with its sewer rehabilitation project in the Soapstone Valley. The group’s members are ANC 3F Commissioner Dipa Mehta; Josh Savitch, a Soapstone neighbor who had been watching the project develop and asked Mehta how […]
DC Water says Soapstone sewer project noise is within allowed limits. That’s no comfort to its neighbors.
The noise generated by pumps diverting Soapstone Creek from one of the sewer project sites has generated noise complaints from neighboring residents. FYI this is how it sounds from 7AM – 7PM every single day. I am sure it is in violation of the DC Noise Control Act & hope that @dcra will address my […]
Soapstone sewer project update: Stream restoration under way; noise complaints, and no sewer pipe work for at least 60 days
by Marlene Berlin The sewer rehabilitation project in the Soapstone Valley is also a stream restoration project, intended both to repair damage from years of stormwater erosion and to armor the sewer lines and access points against future stormwater events. Jerrell Johnson of DC Water told ANC 3F’s July 19th meeting (watch the presentation) that […]
Photos: Rock Creek after a heavy rain
by Marlene Berlin According to my rain gauge, we got three inches of rain starting late Saturday, July 2nd and through the night into Sunday. I don’t have to tell you that this is a lot of rain for such a short period of time. And it usually means trees down and flooding along Rock […]
Local air quality expert and ANC 3F alarmed that Soapstone sewer project oversight won’t include an air quality permit
DC’s environmental agency will not require an air quality permit “at this time” for DC Water’s sewer pipe relining project in the Soapstone Valley. The reason, ANC 3F commissioners were told at their May 17th meeting, was that the DC Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE) did not have the information it needed about […]
Soapstone Valley’s new temporary roads are already working hard
by Marlene Berlin The Soapstone Valley’s new temporary roads are being put through their paces already. Eventually, the roads will be used to haul in equipment for the sewer rehabilitation project, which will include relining the 110-year-old pipes. DC Water’s contractor started installing them a little more than a month ago, both to provide pathways […]
In the Soapstone Valley, DC Water is building bridges
by Marlene Berlin The Soapstone Trail creek crossing closest to Broad Branch Road could be tough to navigate. This one looks easy. There is a new bridge – a substantial one – at this crossing. DC Water says it was completed on Monday, April 11th, and that a subcontractor is installing two additional bridges. One […]
Photos: (Temporary) roadwork in the Soapstone Valley
by Marlene Berlin DC Water calls them “heavy equipment pathways.” Really, they are roads, temporary ones, being built to move heavy equipment in and out of Soapstone Valley Park for the long-planned sewer pipe and stream reconstruction work. It’s been exactly a month since the park closed for this prep work phase. DC Water’s contractor […]
More on DC Water’s plans to cut, plant and protect Soapstone trees during and after the sewer and stream rehabilitation
Trees are coming down for the DC Water Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project now under way. And according to the agency’s March 27th project update, most of the trees marked for removal have been cut down since the park closed for the 1.5-year project on March 7th. At ANC 3F’s request, the agency released a fact […]