DDOT is planning to have a public meeting some time this spring at which they will present the preliminary design of the Metropolitan Branch Trail's Fort Totten Section. This is the section in the Takoma and Brookland neighborhoods, from Bates Road at the trash transfer station to the Maryland boundary at Eastern Avenue. They hope to have a draft 30% design completed by this summer and a final version of that completed by the end of the year. That would allow for a final design to be funded in FY 2016 and construction in 2017.
Image from the EA
I used to ride that very stretch back in the 90's. Lots of narrow, high-volume roads around there.
Posted by: Crickey7 | February 25, 2015 at 09:33 AM
The sooner the better!
Posted by: Purple Eagle | February 25, 2015 at 10:02 AM
2004! Those drawings were presented at a community meeting in 2004!
I'm at a loss for words to express how pathetic DC can be sometimes. How many streets do you think got paved since then? But we can't manage to put down 10' of asphalt on completely neglected, unprogrammed, vacant "park" land?
2004!
(I know, preaching to the choir by complaining here...)
Posted by: Shalom | February 25, 2015 at 09:54 PM
Just to clarify -- it's the Fort Totten Connector, heading to the Anacostia trails from the Ft. Totten Metro along Gallatin St, that for some reason has me really steamed. So simple to execute, yet zero movement for so many years.
Posted by: Shalom | February 26, 2015 at 09:54 AM
The Fort Totten Connector won't be truly functional until PG County builds their missing section, between Avondale Park and Chillum Rd. You can use neighborhood streets for a portion of the missing link but then you need a 1/2 mile ride along Chillum, along with a left turn at an unprotected intersection.
DC could make their portion of the connector with about 50 feet of pavement though.
Posted by: Purple Eagle | February 27, 2015 at 07:25 AM