The project will address safety issues at one of the District’s most hazardous intersections, where a Wendy’s restaurant closed two years ago.
The treacherous crossroad has been the source of frustration for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians who travel through the area, which the District Department of Transportation says isThe intersection, where First Street NE and New York and Florida avenues converge, serves as a gateway to downtown D.C. and sees about 80,000 vehicles daily.
Officials say they also hope to increase north-south connectivity between the NoMa and Eckington neighborhoods by realigning and converting First Street NE to a two-way street. The redesign plan calls for the site to be converted to an open green space, alongside two other parks that will be next to the Peoples Building and north to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives building, respectively.The project is also intended to improve safety for bicyclists by adding a continuous, protected bike lane along Florida Avenue. The project also includes
a two-way, protected bike lane on First Street, from M Street to Florida Avenue, that will connect NoMa and Eckington. The District used eminent domain to purchase the Wendy’s, which had been stationed at the intersection since the mid-1980s.
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