25 Jun 2013: 16th St South Projects Update: ‘Green Streets’ and Traffic Calming

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On 24 June 2013, DPCA received word that the 16th St South ‘Green Streets’ and Traffic Calming projects have been delinked.  Traffic calming will move ahead with ‘Green Streets’ considered at a later date.  The letter from Arlington DES:

Dear Douglas Park Civic Association and residents,

The County will be “delinking” the neighborhood traffic calming (NTC) and green street projects on 16th Street South, as requested by the Douglas Park Civic Association and 3700 block 16th Street South residents.  The County will proceed to construct the full scope of the NTC project and anticipates that construction will begin in October 2013.  Any further questions regarding the NTC project should be directed to the NTC project manager, Jeff Sikes at jsikes@arlingtonva.us. Upon completion of the NTC project, the County will consider whether to return to 16th Street South to address the issues raised by the residents in regard to green street measures.

Adjacent residents will also be notified regarding this decision by letter.

The attached Q&A document summarizes the County responses to questions raised at the June 18 DPCA meeting, as well as others that were voiced in subsequent email communications. Please take the time to review this document.  If you have any questions regarding this information, you are always welcome to contact County staff for clarification. For your convenience, this document has also been posted to the 16th Street South Green Street project web site at: http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/EnvironmentalServices/Sustainability/page87635.aspx.

Thank you,

Christin Jolicoeur, Watershed Planner
Arlington County, Dept. of Environmental Services
cjolicoeur@arlingtonva.us
2100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 705
Arlington, VA  22201

703.228.3588 (p)
703.228.7134 (f)

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Recap of 18 June Civic Association Meeting

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Approximately twenty people attended the Civic Association meeting on Tuesday evening 18 June at Firehouse 9.

The agenda included:

Christin Jolicouer, Watershed Planner; Greg Emanuel, Director of Arlington DES and other DES staff presented an update on the 16th St South ‘Green Streets’ project. We also heard from residents on 16th St South affected by the project.

Afterwards, Civic Association attendees discussed the presentations and expressed numerous concerns with the project.  A consensus emerged to have the Civic Association formally communicate those concerns to the County Board and DES staff.  That letter is available here.

Update:  Arlington County has agreed to delink the ‘Green Streets’ project from the previously approved traffic-calming project on 16th St South and revisit the ‘Green Streets’ project itself.  See the full response in this post.

John Snyder, Immediate Past-President of DPCA, updated us on plans for the 31st Douglas Fourth of July Park Parade and Picnic.

Adam Henderson was elected President of the Civic Association.

The next Civic Association meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening, 17 September 2013 at 7.30p.

 

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