Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Streetscape Breaks Ground Tomorrow

Here's the DDOT announcement:


MEDIA ADVISORY

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and DDOT Break Ground on Benning Road/H Street
Streetscape and Streetcar Project

Second Great Streets Project Being Prepped to Begin Construction

(Washington, DC) The District Department of Transportation (DDOT), on
behalf of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, invites you to a press conference to
announce plans for the highly anticipated H Street and Benning Road
Great Street Streetscape and Streetcar Project. Work on Benning Road
began in late December 2007.

H Street NE and Benning Road are vital corridors serving the near
northeast communities in the District of Columbia. Plans for their
improvement began with community and business leadership and vision.
DDOT is pleased to be able to make that vision a reality through the
investment of over $50 million in streetscape, safety, and transit
improvements that will transform the corridor from 3rd Street to
Oklahoma Avenue NE.

What: H Street and Benning Road Streetscape and Streetcar Project

Who: Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor
Emeka Moneme, Director, District Department of Transportation

When: Thursday, January 31, 2008 @ 10:30am

Where: Starburst Intersection and Plaza Intersection of H St.,
Benning, Maryland Ave, Bladensburg Rd, and 15th St NE
(by Maryland Avenue/Bladensburg Road)

Karyn G. Le Blanc | Acting Public Information Officer & Public Affairs
Specialist | Office of the Director | District Department of
Transportation

desk 202-671-3490 | fax 202-671-0650 | cell 202-497-4572 | www.ddot.dc. gov

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Better late then never!

IMGoph said...

i hate to be a pessimist, but until i see the tracks going in, and the streetcars running, i'm going to be holding back a smile on this one....

Anonymous said...

I just came down H from N Capitol going east and they are doing construction on H at 3rd St.
There's also been construction going on on Md Ave at H/Benning/15th/Bladensberg. I wonder if that's the beginning of the Starburst Intersection.

Anonymous said...

i was just alerted that fenty pledged 25 million dollars EXTRA for the H street revitalization! it's on a dc government website and on dcmud.blogspot