Thursday, March 01, 2018

WaPo: "DC mayor seeks to stop costly legal delays to development projects" -- including McMillan

Click on the link to read the entire Washington Post article.

The article mentions Bloomingdale's McMillan Sand Filtration site, Stronghold resident and McMillan activist Kirby Vining, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie and others.



Activists seeking to thwart the breakneck speed of development across the District have turned with greater frequency to the city’s highest court, filing legal challenges that have delayed more than two dozen projects in the past two years and driven up their costs.

Now the Bowser administration wants to curtail those challenges, proposing to amend District policies in ways to reduce those avenues for protest.

District officials say that the changes would end nuisance legal challenges, reduce the cost of doing business in Washington, and expedite the construction of housing units that the city needs.
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