A neighbor passed along some items from Council committee fiscal year 2024 budget draft reports specific to the neighborhood. (This post covered the mayor’s proposed FY24 budget). See all of the draft committee reports at https://www.dccouncilbudget.com/fy-2024-budget.

Committee on Facilities & Family Services Report

• $75,000 to install a swing set with appropriate ground cover at Lamond Recreation Center
• $25,000 to install a shade structure at Riggs-LaSalle Recreation Center
• $20,000 to install vertical netting to enhance the functionality of a fence at Riggs-LaSalle Recreation Center

Committee on Transportation & the Environment Report

• Adds $1 million for the installation of tactical road diets along South Dakota Avenue NE to help slow down cars down the residential corridor

South Dakota Avenue NE Tactical Road Diet
The Committee is also establishing a new sub-project within DDOT’s Safety & Mobility master project to fund tactical safety improvements on South Dakota Avenue NE. South Dakota Avenue is one of the most dangerous corridors in Ward 5. However, due to the presence of even more dangerous arterial corridors in Ward 5, South Dakota Avenue NE was not designated a high-injury network corridor in DDOT’s 2022 Vision Zero Report. The Committee is placing $1M in the new sub-project to fund efforts to improve safety on the corridor in the short term, preferably by constructing a road diet on a segment of the corridor to calm traffic, reduce injuries, and improve connectivity along the corridor. DDOT shall determine which segment of the corridor would be a suitable starting point for safety improvements; however, the Committee recommends that DDOT consider either the segment between Bladensburg Road and Monroe Street NE or the segment between Sargent Street NE and Riggs Road NE.

Committee of the Whole Report

Looks like the committee is keeping the mayor’s proposed $20 million for UDC’s Bertie Backus campus. The committee report has some interesting commentary regarding UDC (pp. 70-74 in the report).