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Feasibility
Study - Louis Berger Report
Transportation: The Berger
report concluded that within the study area, traffic accidents overall
will be reduced, traffic delays overall will be reduced, and levels of
service overall will be improved. See Study, page D-10. The
study area includes Connecticut Avenue, Porter Street, Klingle Road,
34th Street, Cleveland Avenue, Cathedral Avenue, and Garfield
Street. Traffic volumes in the study area exceed 5 million vehicle
trips per day.
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The best option in the Louis Berger August
Report, Option E, is to Rebuild Klingle Road to Its Original
Alignment. This option proposes to include the repair of the
existing retaining walls and the repair or replacement of the existing
drainage system. In addition, Klingle Road would be reopened to two-way
vehicular traffic, following the rebuilding of the road to its original
dimensions. The existing roadbed would be removed and a hard-surface
roadway would be reconstructed within the existing Right Of Way.
This option will restore East-West access across Rock Creek Park
thereby providing the public with more access. The modest costs
easily are justified by the benefit to thousands of DC taxpayers who
would use Klingle Road every day. Klingle Road is owned by the taxpayers
of the City of Washington, and should be restored to its historic
purpose as a public thoroughfare. Klingle Road is a public byway used by
generations of District residents who have used Klingle Road as a safe,
efficient, and economical way to traverse East and West. Klingle Road
connects the neighborhoods on the East and West of Rock Creek Park, and
serves as an important gateway to Rock Creek Park. We believe that
restoring Klingle Road to its historic purpose as a public thoroughfare
is the right way to go. The City should repair and reopen Klingle Road
for all of us. Our supporters include local residents, businesses and
community groups, advisory neighborhood commissions, civic leaders,
labor unions and associations that represent over 100,000 people.
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