Whitehurst madness

The Hatchet has another article about the quest of some in the DC government to tear down the Whitehurst Freeway, the artery which connects downtown DC with the Key bridge, and through it Northern Virginia. That's a substantial portion of the commuters, if you're not from around here. The article fails to mention the more salient aspects of the controversy, though; Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans has been trying to tear the freeway down for some time now, largely due to his friends' business interests on the Georgetown waterfront. Recent developers of million-dollar condos there are displeased that their real estate is worth fewer millions than it might be if there were no highway next door. I'll note that the Hatchet makes quite clear that the highway predates the condos by 40 or 50 years.

The Whitehurst saves M street, already a parking lot, from some of the heaviest traffic load in the District. Millions of dollars of construction putting that traffic on K street would solve none of the barrier problems sited by the Whitehurst opponents, as K would have to become an impassible freeway itself.

This is a little odd, I'll admit, but I'm willing to work with the Foggy Bottom Association to get this crazy plan stopped. I think it would behoove any GW student who ever has to get to the MVC or walk to Lowes Cinema to make sure the Whitehurst remains standing.