Mount Vernon’s Hometown Newspaper • A Connection …

1 Mount Vernon's Hometown Newspaper A Connection Newspaper June 16, 2022. It's a Summer of Projects in Mount Vernon Some projects are getting non Memorial Highway all the way from Richmond Highway to the underway while others Mount Vernon Estate. Alongside the trail project, the water lines are being replaced as well, so between scheduled for cutting ribbons the two projects, there is much work being done in that area. The or groundbreaking ceremonies. trail project is expected to be com- pleted in spring 2023. Artist Rendering By Mike Salmon done to reduce the severity and Inland from the bike trail, across The Gazette frequency of bike crashes on this from the Belle View Shopping cen- section of trail, the NPS said.

2 B. ter, ground is cleared on the corner icyclists on the Mount Ver- Currently bicyclists are being of Fort Hunt Road and Belle View non Trail know there are detoured around that construction Boulevard for a residential project a few steep hills, twists on the roadway but separated from by Evergreene Homes. According and turns that challenge traffic with temporary barriers. Food and beverages are being added to the mix at the Workhouse to Tim Sopko at The Evergreene most riders, especially on the hot The bike trail construction con- Arts Center. Companies, the new community summer days. Construction is un- tinues south of this spot where will have seven houses ranging derway at one of these areas near crews are building a new bridge from the Addison that will start Bridge 12 to fix this, and it's just across Dogue Creek and rehabil- around $ million to the larg- one of many construction projects itating the trail along Mount Ver- Photos by Mike Salmon/Gazette See It's a Summer, Page 13.

3 In the Mount Vernon District that is underway this summer. At Bridge 12, west of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, crews are straightening the curved area so the trail goes over the gulch instead of around it like the original route. This trail work is approximately 400 yards north of Fort Hunt Park where they are also upgrading the bridge railings and replacing more than 350 tons of This property in the heart of Mount Vernon will soon be a housing asphalt on the trail. This is being Near the Grist Mill, a new bike bridge will span Dogue Creek. development. Belle Haven Flood Wall: Solution for Coastal Flooding? Army Corps of Engineers study brings out residents, scientists and naysayers. By Mike Salmon Other issues brought up by the 200.

4 The Gazette people in the school cafeteria were the height of the wall, past storms, the Dyke I. n the Army Corps of Engineers Coast- Marsh, wildlife, the River Tower parking al Storm Risk Management Feasibili- lot, and the benefit-cost ratio. ty Study, Belle Haven is in the cross- The numbers stood out though there hairs for flooding potential, so a solution would be 400 feet of levy, 5600 feet of named Alternative 8, was the topic at flood walls, and five roads closed, al- Map by Army Corps of Engineers the community meeting on June 14. This though they did not point the roads out plan features a levee and floodwall run- by name. When the question of emergen- ning from a spot up by Belle Haven Piz- cy vehicle access and flooded roads or zeria, out to the George Washington Me- walls, there wasn't much of an answer.

5 Morial Parkway, south That's typically addressed at a more lo- to a potential levee by See letter, Westgrove Dog Park. cal level, said Katie Perkins of the Corps of Engineers. page 6 The community crowd was not happy with it. This is terrible, noth- Historical Floods ing new, said Ellen Young who was on The Corps of Engineers study goes the original task force when a similar plan back to the North Atlantic Coast Compre- was discussed about 10 years ago. What hensive Study (NACCS) that was com- about the river level rising, the storms, pleted in January 2015 and was commis- The wall and alternative 8. sioned by Congress as part of Hurricane the standing water in some backyards af- ter a rainfall? Who knows, is it rising?

6 sandy recovery. Hurricane sandy ? Does the wall across the parkway from Belle View cafeteria. she asked. Where they do need the wall anyone even remember that particular but that's National Park land. National Park We would like to see a berm on the east is on the east side of the [bike] trail. hurricane? There have been many big Service superintendent Charles Cuvelier was side of the parkway, reiterated Steve Keat- There was lots of agreement on putting there, but just as a listener in the back of the ing. See Belle Haven, Page 14. McEnearney Associates has always had one motto in not to be the biggest, but the best. For more than 40 years, our Associates have lived in and supported Alexandria, helping to build our town into the thriving community it is today.

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