In the event you haven't seen the latest about Westover the latest plans (discussed at the Housing Commission meeting last week) are to implement a housing conservation district in Westover and other older Arlington neighborhoods (e.g., Lee Highway corridor). A key component of the plans are to grant property owners increased density in return for preserving older apartment buildings. The legal basis for establishing Housing Conservation Districts would be implemented by the County Board soon after next month's elections and would require changes to the County's General Land Use Plan.
That would be in addition to the current densification of Westover by tear-down McMansions, accessory dwelling units of all types, and homes converted into daycare facilities. Westover will also experience many more vehicle trips in the near future by people who don't want to pay tolls on I-66 and parents dropping off and picking up students at an expanded Reed School. In line with the County's so-called Smart Growth planning Washington Boulevard, Patrick Henry Drive, and some other minor arterials are being narrowed.
Washington Boulevard is currently close to capacity at rush hours and it's a no brainer that gridlock is going to occur within another year or two, given the County's "development for the sake of development" agenda.
Thanks for your blog.
Ted - 22205
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Gridlocked by I-66 toll evaders next January? Ride your bicycle to work.
Who will build the additions to the garden apartments? Three guesses.
Ride your bicycle to work on the sidewalk. Pedestrians won't mind.
LOL - County's Minister of Smart Growth Propaganda lives on Wash Blvd. a couple blocks past McKinley Street.
Anyone posting comments to the ArlNow blog, be careful what you post. ArlNow is a major league Smart Growth / Chamber of Commerce booster and ArlNow's "Management" aka Owner and Publisher Scott Brodbeck has been banning anyone who is vocal in opposing more Smart Growth in Arlington.
Anyone who opposes massive in-fill will be attacked by the Smart Growth media.
Scott Brodbeck wrote the letter that appeared in ArlNow today under the pen name "Jane Green" attacking County Board candidates for opposing more infill.
ALL local media owners and publishers are greedy for more ad revenue from massive infill redevelopment. Almost none live anywhere near the Smart Growth they promote.
News media are becoming progressively worse. There's more out and out fake news and so many infomercials, rewritten press releases, and ads that it's hard to determine what's factual and what's not.
Looks as though Arlington's residential neighborhoods will be completely redeveloped, starting immediately after November's elections, with all types of "accessory units" ranging from bed and breakfasts to homes converted to daycare.
Erik Gutshall won't just be laughing all the way to the bank, he'll own the bank.
I sent a comment to ArlNow management saying I wouldn't be accessing ArlNow because of ArlNow's fake news: arlingtonnews at gmail dot com
I stopped visiting Inside Nova months ago...too many screen freezes.
I'm voting for Audrey Clement, not those so-called progressive jive turkeys who oppose her. Why the f--- would I want to buy a $1.2 million tear-down McMansion with a home re-purposed to be a day care center on one side and a home re-purposed to be a bed and breakfast on the other side?
The rumors are true -- Arlington will be "Smart Growth on Steroids" if Gutshall is elected.
Bicycle Nazis: Ride your Bikeshare bicycle in the winter on the sidewalk. We're another special interest group the County Board can't say no to. Pedestrians will have to take their chances.
Too damn much secrecy in County Government.
I completely agree that the skank media keep the skank Democratic Machine in power.
When will everyone get it? The Living Wage in Arlington is $30 / hour. How many Arlington employers pay $30 per hour? Co-incidentally, that's about 60% of Area Median Income that you need to rent an "affordable" apartment in Arlington. Not earning $30 / hour? Welcome to VDOT's Express Lanes.
Yes. The Bicycle Nazis are bad and getting worse. Arlington Police are engaged in some kind of work slowdown because of pay, benefits, and working conditions and won't do anything more than be reactive, unless it's a special event where they're paid overtime. Why do I have to take my chances getting hit by a bikeshare idiot when walking on the sidewalk?
Arlington Fire and EMS are also engaged in a work slowdown because of pay, benefits, and working conditions. Which is why you see minimal fire-prevention activities from ACFD
Won't be long is right. This time next year.
Something like 5 homes in residential neighborhoods are up for approval for new daycare facilities by the County Board tomorrow.
They should ALL fucking move to McLean - Great Falls where they belong. They're nothing but Elitists and Racists who hate the working class and middle class.
Right...what did they expect would happen when the workforce is gentrified out and more restaurant and retail jobs are created every year?
One of the local TV stations tonight featured TransUrban's "congestion pricing" for Express Lane tolls, what a rip off.
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