DDOT continues to be plagued with community notification issues with regard to projects they're completing throughout the city. In my district, we ran into problems a week ago when DDOT unilaterally decided to expand the 1400 and 1500 block of Corcoran sidewalk replacement project to include the 1600 block - without notifying neighbors.
This may be a larger problem, which I'm investigation at the moment. I sent the following email to DDOT earlier today to get clarification on the ongoing work:
"DDOT continues to move forward with the sidewalk, curb, gutter & resurfacing project on the 1600 block of Corcoran Street. But I didn't realize that the Corcoran project also now seems to be the unofficial start of the 17th Streetscape project. I'm assuming it's the unofficial start, since the Corcoran project has included the replacement of curb, gutter and sidewalk within the 17th Streetscape project zone. I believe the 17th Streetscape project zone goes from the curb at 17th Street to approximately 100 feet in on side streets.
"I just wanted to confirm with you that when the 17th Streetscape project commences, the brand new curb, gutter and sidewalks on the 1600 block of Corcoran Street will NOT be removed and replaced during the streetscape.
"Please confirm this with me at your very earliest convenience. We need to be good stewards of the public's money, and installing brand new sidewalks/gutter at 17th & Corcoran now and replacing them in as little as three months would not be an acceptable use of public funds.
"Additionally, can you please confirm for me that the new sidewalks being installed on Corcoran within the 17th Streetscape zone will comply with the 17th Streetscape plan as presented to the community and approved by the Dupont Circle ANC, meaning they will be concrete sidewalks with the brick edging, as designed?
"Thank you very much for your attention to this matter."
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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