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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's currently all park-type area.  My biggest concern, apart from loss of waterfront park would be the traffic.  If they can ensure primary game-day traffic is well managed and routed primarily on 295/395 then maybe.  They definitely dropped the ball with Audi Field on traffic management and logistics.  Big international games at Audi DC are a complete nightmare in SWDC and if there were an emergency and ambulances or fire equipment needed to get in, forget about it.[/quote]

Poplar Point is not a park. It’s literally wasteland. Look at Google streetview. There was a chemical contamination issue there that I assume has been resolved. The site is big enough for the stadium and a riverfront park, but I think it’d only be worth doing if the city and the feds agree to put a good chunk of 295 / 395 underground so that game day traffic doesn’t mess with surface traffic and - more importantly - to remove the massive blight that that highway imposed on EOTR communities by cutting them off from the river.[/quote]

Are you thinking of the right area? Because 395 doesn't come close to Poplar Point.[/quote]

The plot in question is directly north of 295 between Howard Rd SE and Anacostia Dr.. Its not Poplar Point proper since Anacostia Dr is between the plot and the river.

I don’t want DC taxpayers to financially support a new stadium, but if there will be a stadium in the city the Poplar Point site makes a lot more sense than RFK.[/quote]

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