Thursday - 4/10/2014, 8:01am ET
WASHINGTON -- Part of D.C. residents' utility bills are paying to fix a century- old problem. D.C. Water is putting $700 million toward alleviating the continual flooding in a Northwest neighborhood.
New residents of one of D.C.'s up-and-coming neighborhoods may be surprised to hear flooding was first reported in the Bloomingdale neighborhood in the 1890s.
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The tunnel, which taxpayers and D.C. Water customers are funding to the tune of $700 million, is slated to be complete by 2022.
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Are these facts right? Thought the tunnel was in the $500 millions and was slated to be done well in advance of 2022. Anyone have specifics on this?
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