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History Repeats Itself --Broad Branch Rd, NW collapses like Klingle Same problems, same repairs, and who will stop it?
Area's No. 1 rank in traffic delays "Clearly, in any growing area, and D.C. has continued to grow, you need to build more capacity."
City Agency finishes study of Klingle trail The decision to convert the road into a trail "doesn't reflect the needs of one city."
Klingle Trail Final EA Out DDOT releases final EA on fate of Klingle Road
Coalition urges HPRB to supplement its comments HPRB conveniently forgets Tregaron.......
Wall Scout "This limbo however, has meant that there is a long stretch of concrete unpatroled by Park Police and unsullied by cars."
Comments on the Draft EA are due July 6, 2010
EA Meeting on Neighborhood Hike/Bike Path On October 7, 2009, DDOT is hosting a meeting.....
Top 12 Reason to Pull Cheh Amendments
Will the DC Council listen to reason or fall prey to an obstructionist
minority?...
Hearing
Scheduled for May 8, 2008 @ 6:30p
Don't let Mary Cheh close our road by fiat.......
Mayor
Fenty Moves on Restoration of Klingle Road
The 17-year wait for restoration of Klingle Road may finally be coming to an
end....
Fox 5 News on Klingle
Sierra Club Action Alert Recommends Alternative B2 and D2 of DEIS
Action alert recommends bigger road, and more studies......
Long Awaited DEIS
Released for Comments
Pubic Hearing scheduled for July 21, 2005....
Happy
Holidays from the Coalition
Klingle, the Lonely Parkway....
Public Scoping
Meeting Announced
DDOT holding April 27, 2004 meeting at Zoo.....
DDOT Prepares
Study on Klingle Road
The Federal Highway Administration.....
Notice of Intent
to Prepare EIS of Klingle in Federal Register
Another study, another public meeting....
DDOT Continues to
Mismanage and Delay the Klingle Road Restoration Project
DDOT disregards Council directives.......
Happy Birthday Klingle Road!!
Born to the District of
Columbia June 3, 1885...
DC Council Votes
8-5 to Keep Klingle in Budget Support Act After
an attempt to strike from budget, DC Council stands firm....
85% of Public
Opinion Says Klingle Will Improve Traffic
An NBC4 poll shows that 85% of those polled say Klingle will improve
traffic in the area.
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What's the Difference Between Penn. Ave. and Klingle Road?
The Mayor testified before Congress to reopen Pennsylvania Avenue, but why
not for Klingle?
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"...an
obvious place for a parkway." Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
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Sign Our Petition to Keep Klingle Open
Keep Klingle Road--Keep Neighborhoods
Connected
Act Now: Send a Letter in Support today!
Klingle
Road begins in the Ward 1 neighborhood of Mount Pleasant, travels under
the Porter Street cloverleaf (recent
renovation costs: $6M) and ends in the Ward 3 neighborhood of Woodley
Park. The Mayor
proposes to permanently close the middle section of this functioning
roadway to the general public, and turn it into a "gated
community" neighborhood
recreational trail, making more traffic on your road. We
would no longer be allowed to travel the length of Klingle Road, a
public road owned by all DC taxpayers.
Under the Mayor's proposal, our historic public road would have
three sections - a short road in Mt. Pleasant, a gated bike/hike trail
skirting the edge of Cleveland Park, and another short section of road
in Woodley Park.
Klingle
Road is surrounded by over 2,000 acres of U.S. parkland, with lots of
bike paths and valley hiking trails stretching from Maryland to
Virginia.
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"It's simple,
Klingle Road is a public road that DC should repair. It
only gets complicated when private citizens are allowed to
manipulate the federal allocation process, and special interests
are permitted to sway transportation policy against the public
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By
contrast, Klingle Road is a unique and irreplaceable transportation
resource. It is the only
road in DC that travels east and west underneath Connecticut Avenue.
Klingle Road is one of only a few cross-park roads. Opening
Klingle Road to traffic will benefit travel on important primary
arteries like Connecticut Avenue and Porter Street.
Local
activists are working hard to keep Klingle Road open. We have the
support of the current and former DC Council members, Advisory
Neighborhood Commissions (ANC), including the ANC Assembly, local
community civic and neighborhood organizations, DC Fire and EMS
officials, businesses, unions, environmentalists, bicyclists, and
thousands of incredibly supportive activists and residents of the
District of Columbia.
It's O.K. to Open Klingle Road
Closing Klingle Road is a Dead End!
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