Great Streets program

[from DDOT spokesman Bill Rice, edited for space]

$100 Million Great Streets Kick Off Set for Tomorrow

(Washington, DC) The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development will kick off the $100 million, five-year Great Streets program at a public meeting tomorrow.

Great Streets is a major transportation investment to transform the following thoroughfares: H Street NE and Benning Road NE/SE, Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, South Capitol Street, Minnesota Avenue NE/SE, and Georgia Avenue/7th Street NW.

New sidewalks, lighting, paving and street trees will improve the physical setting and reduce crime, attract private investment and neighborhood businesses, create housing opportunities and jobs and boost the quality of life.

One of the models for Great Streets is the $8 million, award-winning 8th Street/Barracks Row project on Capitol Hill. "I am proud that this DDOT project has already attracted over $10 million in private investment, including 34 new businesses since it was completed three short years ago," said Dan Tangherlini, Director of the Transportation Department.

For more information contact: Karina Ricks, District Department of Transportation, Great Streets Project Manager, 202-671-2542 or [email protected]

Comments

[Bill Crandall]

Sorry, here are the meeting details:

Wednesday, September 14, 6:30–8:30pm
Former Council Chambers
441 4th Street NW – 1st Floor South
(Judiciary Square)

[Samira Cook]

This is the first of a number of meetings for the Mayor's Great Streets initiative. Georgia Ave is slated to receive a portion of the funding toward streetscape improvements. The public meetings will eventually focus on each individual corridor.