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i believe the biggest pain point/rejection with Kenmore site was traffic disruption. the school is located in an awkward corner with only bad to terrible access points. if you expanded the school to a HS 1.5 of its current size - more walkers and more student cars, it'd be potentially disastrous in am rush hour. though location wise it's probably better than the VHC site few hundred yards down the street.[/quote]

I know that traffic is the classic NIMBY excuse - but in this case I agree it s a real program.  Carlin Spring Road in front of and around Kenmore [b]is already a complete clusterf***[/b].  I can't imagine how bad it will get if they expand that campus.

They might need to look into
a) upgrading the 50 overpass
b) widening Carlin Spring to include dedicate turning lanes.[/quote]

As compared to what? I've driven that road at rush hour and during school release hours, frequently, and it's no worse than anywhere else. Really, not worse than George Mason or Glebe or any other N-S arterial. It's not ever going to be a bucolic, pastoral area. They'd need to add more traffic lights along the road, but I think they need those now to slow traffic at certain points and to allow people to more easily enter and exit the Glencarlyn neighborhood. And yes, upgrading the 50 overpass/exit and entry ramps would be needed. Carlin Springs could be widened at the point near Kenmore (more difficult to do that on sections where the houses are right up to the road). I think it's doable. No matter where they put the school, there will have to be traffic mitigation. There aren't any places on the table where these aren't concerns. It's not a unique problem for any one neighborhood. [/quote]

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