Met Branch Trail Update April 2008

There is a Metropolitan Branch Trail ride scheduled for Sunday May 18, 2008. Assemble at noon at the B&O station in Silver Spring...ride to Union Station (approx. 8 miles).  Lots of stops for discussion along the way.  More information coming. 

L to M Street: DDOT has been given permission to upgrade and maintain the segment between the trail and the WMATA fence.  This could potentially include lighting, benches, trees, landscaping, art.

* Volunteer: If you or a group would like to put together a planting or a landscaping design, let Heather Deutsch at DDOT know (Heather.Deutsch(at)dc(dot)gov).

Meeting with WMATA:  a meeting with WMATA took place to discuss the segments they own near Ft. Totten and between Monroe Streets and Michigan Ave. DDOT will gather more information about ownership and easements and hopes that WMATA will donate these strips of land.

NPS:  DDOT met with the National Park Service who has given them the go-ahead to design the trail over the Ft. Totten Metro tunnel.  This piece (between John McCormack Road and the Ft. Totten Metro Station) is owned by the District, WMATA, and NPS.