The National Park Service is planning to redevelop Buzzard Point Marina into a park to serve the residents that will be moving there in the near future. They're seeking comments, but they're due by the end of the day today.
DC has always intended that the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail would pass through the park (part of section 16 on the map below), and luckily both planning concepts on the table include the trail. The trail would be 20-feet wide and a 10-foot wide pedestrian promenade would be included in both concepts. The trail would extend from just south of 1900 Half Street to the southern end of Buzzard's Point between 1st and 2nd St SW, in front of the Riverpoint development.
Concept 1 has the trail passing through the park.
Which integrates the trail into the park, but might also leave to more conflicts with pedestrians. It also creates a more circuitous route and separates the trail from the water.
Concept 2 moves the trail out onto a causeway over the water with three connections to land.
This will likely be the more dramatic (and expensive) option, with a straighter connection and less conflict, but will make the trail isolated. It will also provide no shade in the summer an probably windier in the winter. It would be cool to see the kayaks pass underneath though.
Like I said, comments are due today. WABA supports both designs by the way.
Hello. I go to DC's NE, Buzzard Point, and Navy Yard neighborhoods frequently. I'm very excited about the redevelopment of Buzzard Point Park. However, I want to make sure that the park has enough greenery as possible. Trees provided multiple benefits to mental, physical, and environmental health. I enjoy Concept 1 more than Concept 2, purely because of the integrated trail. I believe it will be even more enjoyable to view kayaks from the land, rather than an isolated, elevated platform. What I do like about Concept 2 is the tree density. Therefore, I would like to see similar amount of tree canopy in Concept 1.
Posted by: Eliisa | January 27, 2017 at 11:30 AM
Perhaps a more recreational-oriented trail (concept 1, since it's less direct) would make sense here, since I presume most commuter traffic would use a more direct route between the SW waterfront and the ballpark (eg using P St). Would be cool if there were an option to cross the south end of Ft McNair and then take a bridge to Haines Point . . but I don't think that's going to happen!
Posted by: Purple Eagle | January 27, 2017 at 01:24 PM
Interesting that Concept 1 has a ped only option, but concept 2's option for out on the water still isn't bike only. If we're going to be equitable, there should be a bike only and ped only option in Concept 1, not a ped only and multiuse
Posted by: BikeInReston | January 28, 2017 at 09:00 PM
+1 for bridge to Haines Point!
Posted by: Adam | February 07, 2017 at 11:15 AM