Tag: stormwater
Braddock West project denied
By Will Schick | [email protected]
City council voted 4-3 to deny a request from developer West Street Acquisitions, LLC, to build a 180-unit multi-use building...
Council approves stormwater fee increase
By Will Schick | [email protected]
City council unanimously passed an ordinance doubling the stormwater utility fee from $140 to $280 during Saturday’s public hearing.
The increased...
Your Views: Natural channel design doesn’t protect forested stream valleys
To the editor:
Don Brady's “Defending Rosgen’s design” in the Oct. 1, 2020 Alexandria Times missed the whole point as to adverse environmental impacts incurred...
Your Views: Don’t bulldoze Taylor Run
To the editor:
The City of Alexandria wants to re-engineer 1,900 feet of the Taylor Run stream channel in Chinquapin Park between T.C. Williams High...
Your Views: City action needed on broken infrastructure
To the editor:
Flooding is not a new problem for Alexandria, as your piece “Out of the Attic: Flooding is an old problem in Alexandria”...
Your Views: Don’t locate 150 people on a two-home site
To the editor:
Residents cannot be blamed for missing a significant business item at the City Council legislative meeting on Sept. 8. Council approved an...
Our View: Going with the flow will not fix flooding
By now most Alexandria residents have seen the photos: cars with water halfway up the sides, murky floodwater leaving stains and bacteria across swaths...
Flash floods strike Parkfairfax, Del Ray
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Parts of Alexandria experienced flash flooding after more than 2.5 inches of rain fell in the city in less than...
Education, transportation prioritized in FY2019 capital improvement program
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
City Manager Mark Jinks’ proposed capital improvement program calls
for $2.142 billion between fiscal years 2019 and 2028, with $194.8 million proposed...
City manager unveils FY2019 budget to council
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
City Manager Mark Jinks formally presented his proposed operating budget to members of city council at a special meeting Tuesday...
