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Most of these NIBY statements in this comments are made from uninformed people. Ist I live in Potomac Greens. We were informed that buying our home there was a propded future metro stop. No other details were provided, and the devil is in the details.

Alternate D is a disaster waiting to occur and will be cost prohibitive. Several homes in PG are adjacent to the tracks. A few of those homes' structural integtity is based upon the current metro retaining wall.

Option D raises the track once it exits the metro tunnel south of PG. To cross over CSX tracks, the elevated track would be on our third floor level before crossing the tracks. Heavy construction equipment, sheet pilling, lighting at night, (light /noise pollution) cranes would have to be brought in within ~ 50 feet of said homes.

Alexandria would have to raise the concrete retaining wall, map out undergoing utilities, conduct a noise and light study, imment domains purchased, etc etc. This doesnt include the zoning issue of raising the metro that close to existing homes. I asked as a former Corps of Engineer officer why did option D make it out the gate. To my knowledge of riding various metrorail lines does any existing raised lines come this close to any existing homes. Name a point on ANY line folks within ~ 70 feet. Think vibrations, noise etc.

Third point, several in PG stated option B works. Let's take the emotions and "Fox news hype" out of the discussions and talk fromfactual information. The city of Alexandria performed the zoning for PG. Don't blame residents if the Council plans to build a metro station with sft estimates BEFORE a EIS was conducted to even determine with an amount of accuracy and assoicated risks to a project of this size. They didnt perform all thier homework.
Fir example, The Council promised PG residents to build a walking bridge to connect PG to the metro station. Yet when I questioned whethercrheyveould "fence" the miney for the bridge I was informed "We can't obligate future Councils". Regarding the price of said waling bridge bridge I questioned the Council its estimates and the Comptroler agrred thatcthe orice was low. So what did Vice Mayor do, give back the 2 million back to the devrloper. Look up the meeting minutes. Yet even with all that history several of us proposed option B. Where's the NIBYism in that?!

by FHenderson on Apr 25, 2012 11:20 am • link • report