AWI Overview Presentation: DCPL - August 24, 2014

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Anacostia Waterfront Initiative

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Sunday, August 24, 2014


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Anacostia Waterfront

FINAL REPORT JUNE 2005

30-Year, $10 Billion Series Projects

Created by March 2000 Memorandum ofUnderstanding Between the District and

19 Other Federal and Regional Agencies

5 Key Themes:

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Restore:A clean and active river.o Connect:Eliminating barriers and

gaining access.

o Play:A great riverfront park system.

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Celebrate:Cultural destinations ofdistinct character.

o Live:Building strong waterfront

neighborhoods.

Creating a World-Class Waterfront


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AWI Transportation Master Plan

2014 Update

Continuous Pedestrian and Bicycle Access AlongWaterfront

Modal Shift to Public Transit

Great Urban Boulevards with Mixed Uses,

Landscaping and Great Civic Spaces

Redesign Bridges in the Tradition of Great Civic

Architecture

Reduce Highway and Freeway Barriers Between

Neighborhoods and Waterfront Parks

Reconnect the City Street Grid to Waterfront

Parks

Support and Foster Economic Development


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AWI Program Transportation Projects


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Anacostia Riverwalk Trail

Backbone of Anacostia

Waterfront

15 of 28 Planned Miles of

Trail Open

From Tidal Basin with

Northeast and Southeast

Borders with Maryland

Seamless Pedestrian and

Bicycle Travel Between

Popular Destinations and

16 Neighborhoods $33 Million of Anticipated

$50 Million Invested to

Date


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Anacostia Riverwalk Trail

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Segment

Better Connect 16Communities, the River

and Recreational Sites

Increase Transit Station

Accessibility

Make Bicycle Commuting

More Attractive

Provide Link Between

Benning Road andBladensburg Waterfront

Park in Larger 70-mile

Regional Trail Network


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11th Street Bridge Project

Increase Mobility Via Separate

Freeway and Local TrafficConnections

Provide a Shared-Use Path forPedestrians and Bicyclists

Replace Functionally Deficient,

Structurally Obsolete Bridges

Provide Additional Alternate

Evacuation Route

Include New Trail Connections,

Improved Drainage and OtherEnvironmental Investments


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Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge 63-years-old, End of Useful

Life

Replacement Due to:

oAge and Condition,

o Functional Limitations, and

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Importance to theDistricts Transportation

Network and Plans

Deterioration Requires

Repairs with Increasing

Frequency, Cost and Traffic

Impacts


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South Capitol Street Corridor Project

Creating a GrandUrban Boulevard


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Traffic Oval West of Bridge

West

Oval

Potomac

Avenue, SE

New Frederick

Douglass Memorial

Bridge

Half Street,

SW

Q Street, SW

R Street, SW Potomac

Avenue, SW

South Capitol

Street

Nationals

Ballpark


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New Frederick Douglass

Memorial Bridge


12/2012

East Oval and I-295 Interchange

East Oval

Suitland

Parkway

South Capitol

Street

New Frederick

Douglass MemorialBridge

Anacostia

Drive

I-295

Howard

Road

Joint Base

Anacostia Bolling

DC Water

Pump House

Poplar

Point


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South Capitol Street Trail Provide Bicycle/Pedestrian

Access on South Capitol

Street/Overlook AvenueCorridor

Increase Multi-modal

Connectivity for

Communities, Military Basesand Recreational Destinations

Provide Link south fromDistricts Anacostia

Riverwalk Trail toMarylands Oxon Run Trail and

Woodrow Wilson Bridge

Connection with Virginia


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Parkside Pedestrian Bridge

Better Connect

Neighborhoods on Each

Side of DC 295

Provide new access to

Minnesota Avenue Metro

Station.

Make bridge safe, well-lit

and disabilities-accessible


15/2015

M Street SE/SW Transportation Study

Completed in 2013

Special Events Study completed in

2014

EA now underway by DDOT


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Malcolm X/Interstate 295 Interchange

New Access to Southbound

I-295 from St. Elizabeths

Campus

Design to Start in 2013


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Barney Circle Southeast Boulevard

Transportation Study

Transform Southeast Freewayinto a Boulevard Integrated with

Neighborhoods Between 11th

Street Bridge and Barney Circle

Reconstruct Barney Circle to

Accommodate Vehicle TurningMovements and Multi-modal

Access

Improve Pedestrian and Bicyclist

Connections to Anacostia River

Evaluate Design Options that

Consider Multi-modal

Transportation Uses

John Philip

Sousa Bridge

Pennsylvania Avenue

L Street SE

Southeast Boulevard

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Pennsylvania-Potomac Avenue SE

Pedestrian Safety Study

Enhance Safety and Multi-modal Connections

Direct Pedestrian Paths

across Pennsylvania

Avenue SE

Reduce Pedestrian

Crossings to Potomac

Avenue Metro Station

Improve Intersection

Connection to AnacostiaWaterfront areas

Improve Public Space

Aesthetics

Pennsylvania

Avenue SE

PotomacAvenue SE

14th Street SE

Potomac Avenue

Metro Station


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More Information

For more information, visit

www.anacostiawaterfront.org

To receive project updates,

ask questions or comment:

o

Sign up for the projectemail list

o Email: [email protected]

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Call: 202-741-8528


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AWI Overview Presentation: DCPL - August 24, 2014

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