The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is consolidating its properties in the DC region. The most significant of these projects is the massive redevelopment of the Saint Elizabeth's campus in Anancostia. Off of Nebraska Ave, in northwest DC, DHS is modernizing its campus which dates back to the FDR administration. DHS plans on increasing the number of employees from just under 2400 to 4200, adding new buildings, and reducing the number of parking spaces from 1,239 to 1,150. This, along with the American University campus plan will bring significant changes for this section of DC. Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E is pushing for a bike path from the New Mexico/Nebraska Ave intersection to Tenley, along this property.
DC Mud also had a post earlier this week about the Dept. of Homeland Security plans:
http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2011/05/nc...-plan-for.html .
Traffic worries stall plan for federal site
Homeland Security: Panel questions complex’s expansion
By ELIZABETH WIENER
Current Newspapers
5/11/2012
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s plan to nearly double employment and office space at its Nebraska Avenue Complex on Ward Circle got a decidedly mixed reaction from the National Capital Planning Commission last week.
All four representatives of the District government voted not to support a draft master plan for the 38-acre site, citing the lack of firm proposals to control parking and traffic. Other commissioners, representing various federal entities, offered suggestions for revising the plan but declined a staff recommendation to “comment favorably.”
The draft plan from the U.S. General Services Administration is part of an effort to consolidate the sprawling department’s facilities — roughly 40 locations around the metropolitan area — down to seven to 10 sites. A new headquarters is being built on the grounds of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Anacostia, where headquarters staff currently working at the Nebraska Avenue complex will eventually move..."
http://currentnewspapers.com/admin/u....11.01%201.pdf