Construction
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Picture of the day: Visions of DDOT's Rhode Island Ave. Pedestrian Bridge
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Pedestrians and bicicylists should get excited for the improvements coming to the blocks around the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station. A new pedestrian bridge will help people find the nearby Met Branch Trail.
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Bethesda transit group protests Metro with leaflets and strong words
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Today members of the Montgomery County's 25-year-old Action Committee for Transit have taken to the street with leaflets to protest how WMATA is rolling out its Bethesda Metro station developments.The station will get a new entrance in 2015 but its existing escalators will be replaced in 2014. Why not build the new entrance first?
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Sherman Avenue streetscaping will shift traffic for 8 months
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Streetscaping work will be affecting the road between Barry Place and Fairmont Street starting right around now. Stay alert as lanes close and construction begins!
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Hot lanes are not such a hot idea anymore, and will be downsized
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Regional transportation leaders approved plans to tweak the hot lanes project on I-95 and I-39.
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Giant, new apartments to be built along H Street
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A project will bring a new grocery store and hundreds of new neighbors to H Street Northeast.
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Sidewalk aesthetics: Connecticut Avenue's new template for urban beauty
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A major streetscape project will determine the fate of how central District paths and plant boxes will look for blocks on end.
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Alexandria shelter gets facelift by volunteers
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Close to 100 people showed up despite the heat Tuesday to renovate the Alexandria community shelter, a major facelift that took just 24 hours.
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Still awaiting construction at Trader Joe’s site
Interior construction of the hotly-anticipated grocery store in Clarendon has yet to begin.
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Virginia completes $600 million transportation bond sale
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Over 900 new transportation projects are in Virginia's future. Traffic will never end.
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$40 million construction project underway in Frederick County
CommentKnown as "I-70 Phase 2D," the $40 million project includes replacing the bridges over South Street and widening a portion of I-70 from two to three lanes.
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NY Ave bridge construction means more backups for commuters
CommentIn less than two weeks, the New York Avenue bridge is slated for a total overhaul. The project will mean even bigger backups on one of the city's busiest commuter routes.
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I-95 lane closures in Northern Virginia this week
CommentDrivers in northern Virginia can expect some highway work and lane closures later this week and into next week.
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Constitution Avenue construction begins
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Major roadwork in Northwest Washington means a long ride and plenty of headaches for thousands of drivers.
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CityCenterDC construction begins near former convention center
CommentConstruction has started in downtown Washington on a new development near the site of the city's former convention center.
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Construction jobs increase in D.C.
CommentThe number of construction jobs in Washington D.C. rose by 5.8 percent in February, Washington Business Journal reports.
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New Wakefield H.S. construction to begin in July
CommentSchool Board members approved construction of a new Wakefield High School on Thursday, targeting July to begin construction and finishing the first phase by mid-2013, the Sun Gazette reports.
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Dyn-o-mite! Blasting to begin on Rosslyn Metro elevators
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Don't be alarmed if there are things going 'boom' in the night in Rosslyn over the next couple of months.
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Va. allocates $229M for school projects
CommentThe state has allocated more than $229 million in bonds to fully or partially fund 41 school construction, renovation and expansion projects in Virginia.
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