W Street Transfer Station – Kenyan R. McDuffie

27 Nov 2018

McDuffie Leads Council Action to Take W Street Trash Transfer Station by Eminent Domain

Press ReleaseCommittee on Business and Economic Development, environmental justice, Legislation, Press Release, Public Health, Public Safety, W Street Transfer Station

Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie Leads Council Action to Take W Street Trash Transfer Station by Eminent Domain Represents Next Step in McDuffie’s Multi-Year Fight for Environment Justice in Brentwood Neighborhood Legislation Approves Plan to Transform Site into a District Government Facility Washington, DC – With passage today of the Warehousing and Storage Eminent Domain Authority Emergency Act of 2018, the Council of the District of Columbia took a major step toward closing the W Street Trash Transfer Station, located at the corner of Brentwood Parkway NE and W Street NE. Since taking office in 2012, Councilmember McDuffie has been working…

DC Council’s Budget Delivers Important Wins for Ward 5

Media AdvisoryBudget, CPR, G9, Judiciary Committee, Public Health, W Street Transfer Station

Today, the Council of the District of Columbia took its first vote on the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. Importantly, the Council’s budget delivers significant investment in Ward 5 and maintains Councilmember McDuffie's pledge to return funds to several public safety programs such as restoring the more than $5 million in cuts to social and legal services for victims of crime, including domestic violence, sexual assault victims and abused and neglected children. Moreover, the Council’s budget provides the capital necessary to implement the plan to close DC General but does so by using District owned facilities, ensuring that the sites are…

Council Committee of the Whole Continues Push to Shut Down the W Street Trash Transfer Station

Press ReleaseIndustrial Land, Public Health, W Street Transfer Station

Washington, DC – Today, the Council took another step urging the Executive to close and acquire the W Street Trash Transfer Station property. As Ward 5 residents know, the W Street Trash Transfer Station is a longstanding environmental injustice that has plagued our Brentwood neighborhood and Ward 5 as a whole for decades. In fact, the issue has even drawn national attention with a recent article in National Geographic.[1] Since taking office in 2012 Councilmember McDuffie has been working to close the W Street Trash Transfer Station. Councilmember McDuffie has requested that the District Department of the Environment (DDOE) investigate…

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