Foundry Branch Trestle raze application hearing set for Jan 11

The D.C. Historic Preservation office has announced that a public hearing to consider the application to raze the Foundry Branch Trestle between Foxwood and Georgetown will occur on Friday, January 11, 2019, at 9:30 am, at 1100 4th Street SW, Room E200, Washington DC 20024.

The applicant's claim is that failure to approve the raze permit will result in unreasonable economic hardship.

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) are invited to participate in and offer testimony at this hearing. ANC representatives testifying in support of or opposition to the application may simply appear at the hearing and give evidence without filing in advance or requesting party status. Any ANC testimony or statements on this case already submitted to the Historic Preservation Review Board are automatically referred to the Mayor's Agent as part of the case record.

Any affected person or group who wishes to be recognized as a party to the case is required to file a request with the Mayor's Agent no later than Thursday, December 27, 2018. This request shall include all items listed on the enclosed information sheet. Any requests for party status should be sent to the Mayor's Agent by email to [email protected] or by mail to 1100 4th Street SW, Suite E650, Washington DC 20024. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Julianna Jackson at 202-442-7631 or [email protected].

The Foundry Branch Trestle is the last remaining streetcar trestle in Washington, DC. Advocates support restoring it for bike/ped use. 

Comments

[Brett Young]

I will be testifying. DDOT is currently studying the trail and will make its decision by the end of 2019.
Hopefully Mayor's agent will reject WMATA's applicaiton to demolish

[Crickey]

Tear it down. It's unsafe.

[huskerdont]

Fix it. It's unsafe.

[Crickey]

Common ground!

[Brett Young]

BTW WMATA has stated its going to cost several 100,000 to demolish. Money they don't currently have. And the FTA (Federal Transit Administration) ruled that can't use their funds.

All DCPL and myself have been asking is work with us to restore it and take it off their hands.
There have been grants out there for the past 20 years they could have tapped into for historic preservation that could have already restored this bridge. They chose the "Demolition by Neglect" route.