DC Water 1st Street Tunnel update: traffic and security concerns

See this tweet from Betsy for ANC:

Betsy McDaniel ‏@BetsyForANC  19m

Latest update from @dcwater to address #BloomingdaleDC traffic concerns related to @FirstStTunnel project http://www.dcwater.com/workzones/projects/first_street_tunnel/breaking_news.cfm …

• FST Updates

  DC Water's First Street Tunnel Project Team acknowledges the traffic and safety concerns in Bloomingdale- especially north of Rhode Island Ave NW and south of Bryant Street NW.  Recent street closures have increased traffic in the alleyways, especially the east alley of First Street from U Street to Channing Street NW.  We are working with MPD, DDOT, DC Fire & EMS on a three-pronged approach to traffic calming measures that will hopefully curtail dangerous and reckless driving while providing safer streets for local residents.
  
  
  1. Enforcement- MPD on site patrolling and issuing tickets. Parking Enforcement is also in the area.
  2. Signage-.Post 10 MPH speed signs in alleys, Post 15 MPH signs on local streets. Add "Do Not Enter" signs in selected alley ways to discourage flow-thought traffic.  Two additional message boards on Rhode Island and N. Capital.
  3. Physical Changes-Speed humps on Second at W Streets NW and U Street from First Street to Second Street NW. Use of collapsible barriers (pilot program) in alleyway adjacent to Crispus Attuck Park. Repair speed hump on W Street NW.
  Enforcement will continue while the above referenced improvements are put in place starting this week and will continue through early October. (Posted Sept. 24, 2014)

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  Traffic Advisory
  
  Noise & Vibration Monitoring Reports
  
  Construction Staging Areas
  
  • Channing Street Mining Shaft
  • Adams Street and Flagler Place Construction Staging Area (CSA)
  • First Street and V Street (CSA)
  • Thomas Street at First Street (CSA)

• First Street Tunnel Forum

  The 7th monthly meeting was held on Thursday, August 28, 2014
  presentation (PDF 2.0 mb) .

• MARK YOUR CALENDAR Tunnel Forum Meetings @ 7:00 p.m. St. George's Episcopal Church 160 U Street NW September 25, 2014 October 23, 2014 November 20, 2014