Tag: t&es

Alexandria recovers after receiving almost 10 inches of snow

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Alexandria experienced its first snowstorm of the year on Monday, as some areas of the city were hit with up...

Your Views: Council should lead on stream restoration

To the editor: I’m all for balancing interests, that is, when the interests of both sides are actually heard. Once again, Transportation & Environmental Services...

Your Views: A half-baked stormwater plan

To the editor: I’m not sure what was most astonishing about City Council’s discussion of the stormwater fee on Jan. 12 – that not one...

Your Views: Stop redirecting stormwater fees

To the editor: “Bread and Circuses” is a phrase used since ancient Rome to describe a brand of public policy where the masses are kept...

Your Views: Developers should have to play by the rules

To the editor: Recently the Alexandria Housing Development Corporation, on whose board sit some of the major developers in Northern Virginia, proposed demolishing two homes...

Our View: Time to revisit Complete Streets?

You’ve seen the artist’s renderings: people walking, bicyclists with helmets in designated bike lanes, a bus driving in a marked transit lane and even...

My View | Mark Jinks: Key facts about Seminary Road

Recent discussions and columns about improvements to safety and mobility on Seminary Road have lost sight of a key fact: The road was designed...

Our View: Seminary Road revisited

At the behest of Councilor Amy Jackson, city staff is making a presentation at the Feb. 11 council legislative meeting on the status of...

My View | Corey Smedley: Fire Department provided input on Seminary

On Jan. 20, the Alexandria Times published a summary it prepared of selected emails between city transportation and fire officials. This summary does not...

Your Views: Is our city manager overpaid?

To the editor: I’m responding to the letter from Townsend “Van” Van Fleet – “Be more prudent with city resources” – in the Dec. 12...