Southwest Waterfront redevelopment, Water St. to be closed

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I want to thank everyone who has posted on this thread with info. It was the first thing that I read when I found this forum several months ago.

I am a SW resident and used Water Street to go almost anywhere by bike since I retired from work at the start of 2011. Before that I also often rode to work at NRL via the South Capital Street bridge and Bolling AFB. I used Water Street to cross the 14th Street Bridge or to go via West Potomac park to the CCT or anywhere in MD. Now I have to use Maine Avenue, either the road if early or the sidewalk if there is traffic.

I suspect that even when the redevelopment is completed it will be a much more difficult situation for bicyclists — of course I may be too old by then anyway.

[PotomacCyclist]

They are saying Q3 2017 for Phase I. That probably means Spring 2018. 2.5 more years? You have to keep riding for at least that long, right?

I’d like to think that the new infrastructure will be a positive for cycling in that neighborhood, but we shall see.

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@PotomacCyclist 122756 wrote:

They are saying Q3 2017 for Phase I.

They will wait at least until I move out.

[rcannon100]

@Steve O 122086 wrote:

I thought you lived in the Cherrydale neighborhood of Arlington.

I live in the Arlington neighborhood with the Starbucks

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