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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Alexandria Chamber “outraged” at Potomac Yard Metro changes[/quote]

[url]https://alextimes.com/2018/05/potomacyardmetro/[/url][/quote]

Good.  They should be outraged.  The City seems to have known about this in advance and kept quiet due to some confidentiality agreement relating to the construction that isn’t happening.  Well, if there’s an agreement to breach, that’s the one.  This is a signal moment for Alexandria.  [b]Wilson and Silberberg look kinda the same today.[/b]  [/quote]

+1[/quote]

OP here.
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+3. The way the city went about this completely behind closed doors FOR A YEAR is so messed up. [/quote]

+4 and 5.  It is the same old way of operating.  I would not be surprised if there is cash changing hands.  All of them need to be out:  the Mayor, City Council and the whole City staff.  We need to clean house.  As if the sewage thing wasn't outrageous enough (and heading into summer we're about to be reminded about it on a daily basis with the stench) but now with the Potomac Yard Metro thing … no one could be that grossly incompetent.  Could they?  I think the Council members are so happy to have their Council jobs and their side businesses that feed off of their Council work that they have forgotten what they are supposed to do as Council members.[/quote]

I could actually believe Wilson and Silberberg didn't know about too much in advance but I see the City dept that is dealing with it knowing.  And I really have zero sympathy for those who might be upset.  They have spent the last few months droning on and on on the affordable housing like they do every year.  That's why it needs to go. Too much time and resources wasted on it.  And it's annoying to hear people claim it's housing for "teachers, police officers, " - those people are all priced out of the affordable housing initiatives

The metro station isn't going to be that big of a deal as they anticipate anyway. [i]It will be a pass through station - more people will pass through it on the train to their destination without ever getting off.  the City's mistake here and at King St. is the failure to provide parking.  Now if they built a huge parking structure, that would be a game changer.  There are simply not enough residents who are ever going to live in walking distance to that station and there are not going to be enough bus riders or bike riders.[/i]  Taking the bus and then the metro from Alexandria is silly because it can triple the time for your commute vs just driving in. [/quote]

Interesting reading and take pp. So we arrange payment for a $320 million on a pass through station for the somewhat limited number of City of Alexandria residents who go to the new PY Metro and actually take it. Seems like a huge waste unless as you say some parking structures are built in the city. But that goes against us being a "green city", even though everyone know Alexandria City needs more parking.

It's clear Alexandria is banking on future tax income from future developer and retail income spent and new residents at Potomac Yard. We all have heard the guesstimate of:

[quote] $1.1 billion in new tax revenue gained from new developments in Potomac Yard over the next 30 years, [/quote] and

[quote] is expected to generate billions of dollars in new private sector investment and support 26,000 new jobs and 13,000 new residents[/quote]

https://wtop.com/tracking-metro-24-7/2018/04/amid-budget-increases-alexandria-review-updates-potomac-yard-metro-station/

Will this all materialize in reality?  Are the estimates correct? This latest fiasco on eliminating the south entrance is riling up lot of Alexandrians.[/quote]

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