Tag: wetlands
Your View: The city chose the wrong Metro site
To the editor:
I write to remind all who celebrate the opening of the Potomac Yard Metro Station that many Alexandria residents who support public...
Our View: The big station that might
More than four years passed between City Council’s approval of a Metro station on the “Alternative B” site at Potomac Yards in May 2015...
Your Views: Karig and the PY Metro – Two peas in...
To the editor:
Karig Estates and the Potomac Yard Metro have some of the same unfortunate themes coursing through their tortured history. In both projects...
Your Views: Building Metro on wetlands will cause more flooding
To the editor:
Our local government just announced that it has won a great victory by at last obtaining the necessary federal permit to destroy...
Potomac Yard Metro proceeds on wetlands site
By Luke Anderson | [email protected]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a Clean Water Act permit to the City of Alexandria for the new...
Your Views: No cause for celebration
To the editor:
The Army Corps of Engineers has given Alexandria the green light to fill in a wetland along the George Washington Memorial Parkway...
Our View: Environmental actions speak louder than words
Alexandria’s elected leaders must make difficult decisions that often involve tradeoffs – and those choices seldom leave all sides happy. But when a clear...
Potomac Yard Metro receives U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit
By staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit to the City of Alexandria for the new Potomac Yard Metro Station on Nov....
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...
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...
