[SusaninTPK]

That probably works best when there are no workers there…
So, I had another chat with the Department of Public Works today and, though I was not able to persuade them to help me (not our department), I did learn some very interesting things about the levee work. 1) All the levee work is supposed to be done by Christmas; 2) Most of the work is on the east side of the river; 3) The work on the trail segment we have been discussing will only extend south from Decatur St as far as the railroad bridge– it should be done in a month to a month and a half; 4) the reason for the levee work is that the experiences of Hurricane Katrina led the Army Corps of Engineers to have to revamp their standards for levees. Under the new standards, the Anacostia levees are lacking, and much of PG county around the Anacostia would fall into the flood plain and wreak havoc with homeowners’ insurance. In order to bring the levees up to code they need to be raised from 6 inches to 2 feet in places. This requires major earthworks. 5) Less than half of the work is complete 6) The DPW is just in charge of doing the work; pgparks is supposed to do the interface with the public.

Tomorrow I will report on my discussions with pgparks people.

[SusaninTPK]

It was closed by 8:00.

I talked with the workmen, who helped lift my bike over the orange plastic stuff so I could get to the side street. For whatever good it might do, I told them it was no use posting the trail closed sign right near the work as people would have approached from miles away, and indeed, there were no warning signs between Charles Armentrout and the work- I don’t know about further south. I asked about a detour. They said they had asked that too, but were told no detour was needed. I should have asked how long the trail would be closed for, and how far south they planned to work, but I didn’t have the presence of mind to do that. I may try to call the project manager again today. Of course there is still no information on the website.

[SusaninTPK]

Thanks, I’ll give that a try, probably Tuesday.

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