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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't the city council blocking an underground parking lot for the fannie mae redevelopment project in their misguided war on driving? This would simply force the developer to enlarge the projects footprint and knock down trees for an above ground parking area. Meanwhile, they give all kinds of variances for this shelter project. It seems like our council just wants to spread architectural blight up and down Wisconsin avenue, so it can be as ugly and congested as other recently "developed" areas. I guess that's their idea of equity.[/quote]

Where did you hear this?  First of all the Council doesn't get involved in individual zoning cases.  Second, the developer has indicated that he's got the city agencies at his back.  An underground garage there is a good, needed thing, although not the developer's proposed new Wisconsin access for trucks and cars.  It would put another light about 100 feet from an existing one at Rodman and 250 feet from the other light at Fannie/Post Office.  This will create even more gridlock in an already congested area.  The developer should use the existing Wisconsin access, but it clearly wants to put trucks on the periphery of its site (next to existig McLean Gardens residences on Rodman) rather than create noise for the on-site residences that the developer wants to sell.[/quote]

Neither of these posts are true. Either use links and supporting evidence or stop spreading false information.

With large tract review, the city has very little to say or weigh in on with this project with respect to parking or anything else. And the plans show using the existing light between the site and Cafe Ole.[/quote]

Has the developer requested underground parking and has that been approved ?[/quote]

A third access to the site, direct to Wisconsin Avenue next to existing lights, absolutely requires regulatory review, starting with DDOT.  It's crazy to put a new access at the south part of that site, which is very much part of the plans.  Are you a flack for the developer?   :mrgreen: [/quote]

A third access used only by delivery trucks at off hours - ya, that will have tremendous impact.

:roll: [/quote]

The access isn't just for trucks, it's for vehicles generally.  And what makes you think that truck deliveries will only be at off hours (when traffic is presumably less)?  Cathedral Commons, a few blocks to the south, gets big rig deliveries throughout the day.  Adding a third traffic light and access between two intersections that are already close together on Wisconsin is a recipe for further gridlock.  And even if truck deliveries were at off-hours, that's hardly fair to the residents along the north side of Rodman who will have a truck ramp immediately outside their homes.  This is a textbook economic case of a developer trying to externalize costs and impacts (by putting truck traffic at the site periphery next to other people), rather than internalizing the effects to its own large site, which would mean more affecting more the condos and apartment residents whom it wants to attract.[/quote]

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