Both the Columbia Pike and Crystal City Streetcar endeavors are cancelled...
Wonder if VDOT will re-establish VA 244 over the portions of Columbia Pike that were going to have the streetcars...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/arlington-officials-major-announcement-on-columbia-pike-streetcar-project-at-noon/2014/11/18/ce2a8170-6f38-11e4-8808-afaa1e3a33ef_story.html?wpisrc=al_locmisc
The decision appears to be directly related to the results of the recent County Board election where an anti-streetcar candidate running on that issue won and the pro-streetcar candidate lost.
Mapmikey
Quote from: Mapmikey on November 18, 2014, 12:38:01 PM
Wonder if VDOT will re-establish VA 244 over the portions of Columbia Pike that were going to have the streetcars...
VA 244 is still well-signed at the interchange with VA 27, even with the ongoing reconstruction there. The streetcar would've run through that interchange on Columbia Pike.
I might comment on the streetcar project cancellation in the separate thread over at "Mass Transit".
Two threads going on about this. Merge?
Quote from: Pete from Boston on November 18, 2014, 01:49:36 PM
Two threads going on about this. Merge?
Since this one focuses on the impact on roads, I think that's unnecessary, so long as the transit discussion stays in the other thread.
Was the truncation of VA 244 contingent on the construction of the streetcar line?
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on November 18, 2014, 03:05:39 PM
Was the truncation of VA 244 contingent on the construction of the streetcar line?
It was related (as I understand it).
I
speculate that VDOT did not want to maintain a highway that also had rails for a street railway embedded in it.
As others (Mapmikey?) pointed out a while
back, the far east section (Between Va. 27 (Washington Boulevard) and Va. 27 near the Pentagon is still state-maintained, as is the western part in Fairfax County.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on November 18, 2014, 03:11:16 PM
As others (Mapmikey?) pointed out a while, the far east section (Between Va. 27 (Washington Boulevard) and Va. 27 near the Pentagon is still state-maintained, as is the western part in Fairfax County.
This is correct. The traffic logs show 0.37 miles of VA 244 existing from VA 27 Pentagon Rd westward.
Mapmikey