Georgetown business leaders favor removal of freeway

Getting rid of the Whitehurst Freeway, which is a scar near the Potomac, is something that DC's Dept. of Transportation has been studying (see Whitehurst Freeway Deconstruction Feasibility Study). According to today's e-version of the Washington Business Journal, the business leaders of Georgetown, under the guise of the Georgetown BID, have weighed in positively on the idea.

Interestingly enough, at the recent Mayoral Candidates forum on land use sponsored by the Foggy Bottom Assocation, the residential sentiment was clearly against getting rid of the freeway, so the candidates fell in line... At least one resident said this was a plan pushed by Herb Miller so he could get land and develop it. (Herb Miller developed the Washington Harbor project on the Potomac River, where places like Sequoia Restaurant and Tony and Joe's are located.)

As a pro-urban design person, I tend to favor getting rid of freeways.

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