Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue

Great Street

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Estimated Construction Cost - Total $9,100,000.00
Construction Start Date - November 15, 2010
Time of construction - 15 months
Program Manag§r - Maduabuchi Udeh, - (202) 671-4630 maduabuchi.udeh@dc.gov
Project Manager- Reginald Arno, P.E. - (202) 741-5340 reginald.arno@dc.gov
Project Engineer - John Gomes, (202) 907-9475, john.gomes@dc.gov
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Project Purpose
1. Support and enhance the economic viability and expand
community livability by improving the retail environment, residential
quality of life, and open spaces.
2. Landscape/streetscape design that will enhance the neighborhood,

3. An environmental uniqueness to provide for a safe, inviting, and

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4. To promote sustainable mobility through the emphasis of
pedestrian, bicycle, transit modes of transportation, while
accommodating the needs of vehicular traffic.
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park-like context with great aeeesa to Watts Bcancll trail and tile Kennitworth Aquatic gardens.
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 The Solution:
Use vegetation and soil to capture stormwater and remove
pollutants.

• vegetation slows storm water flows decreasing velocity and

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Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk'

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'September'
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Aesculus x carnea
'Briotti' (Rec;t
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Roadways Sidewalks Dedicated Parking Lane Curb & Gutter

PAVING

o Asphalt o Concrete o Granite

o Grass Planting Strip o Brick

Street Lights

o Teardrops

Continuous Street Canopy

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roadway and sidewalk - from towrie Place to 51st Street