Tag: stormwater

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Following years of damaging summer storms that have resulted in dangerous and destructive flash flooding, Alexandria is undertaking flood mitigation...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The city announced on Monday that it secured a $420,000 federal grant for a project to alleviate flooding in one...

By Mark Eaton | [email protected] Alexandria’s stormwater utility fee was adopted to provide a dedicated funding source for existing stormwater management and new capital projects...

To the editor: I, too, am concerned that our city is providing subsidies for developers. Recently in “The Council Connection,” Mayor Justin Wilson defended his...

To the editor: When considering purchasing a house in Rosemont in 2015, I visited the engineering office at city hall. I was shown maps...

Alexandria’s almost $60 million from this year’s COVID-19 federal relief bill, officially called the American Rescue Plan Act, presents our city with an unusual...

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] City Council passed a bevy of requests for the Braddock West development during Saturday’s public hearing, moving forward the 180-unit mixed-use...

To the editor: Allison Silberberg is our city’s best choice for mayor. Many of Alexandria’s problems involve the city’s infrastructure: rainwater and sewage flooding, dangerously...

It’s no secret that Alexandria’s sewer system has long been a mess. Filth flowing from four sewage outfalls at Alexandria’s waterfront into the Potomac River...

By Will Schick | [email protected] On July 23, 2020, Allison Scates, a resident of Del Ray, received a text message that sent her reeling. Scates,...