Tag: metro
Your Views: Why pick the most damaging Metro location?
To the editor:
The City of Alexandria, WMATA and Coalition for Smarter Growth, among others, are risking public safety in their push to build the...
Our View: Poised for big things
Two pieces of recent economic news, one looking back and the other forward, highlight how exciting this juncture is in Alexandria.
The first is a...
Photos: Metro stations reopen on time
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
After a three-month-long shutdown of all Metro stations south of Reagan National Airport, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority reopened...
My View: It’s not too late to save the Potomac Yard...
On Aug. 4, the Environmental Council of Alexandria wrote Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) to ask them to reconsider their...
WMATA provides final month Metro platform project update
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
With four weeks left in the city’s summer-long, $200 million Metro platform reconstruction project, the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority has...
Potomac Yard Metro construction drags
By Heather Hartzell | [email protected]
The Potomac Yard Metrorail Implementation Work Group held a meeting on Aug. 5 to discuss updates on construction, permits and...
Metro shutdown hits one-month mark
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
A month into the three-month-long summer Metro shutdown, Alexandria’s commuters, residents and business owners are feeling the effects.
After the announcement...
WMATA to build new headquarters on Eisenhower
By Arya Hodjat | [email protected]
Council approved construction of a new Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority office building, pending a development special use permit review, at...
Flash flooding hits Alexandria, city continues to assess damage
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Alexandria and the larger DMV area faced a flash flood emergency on Monday, as four inches of rain fell in...
Smedberg named WMATA board of directors chairman
By Arya Hodjat | [email protected]
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Board of Directors elected former Alexandria City Councilor Paul Smedberg as its next chairman Thursday...
