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Cardinal Elementary stormwater vault keeps its head above the water amid heavy rains

By Dan Egitto
The Cardinal Elementary ballfield, under which lies a massive stormwater vault (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A new stormwater vault at Cardinal Elementary School has been holding up well despite this summer’s heavy rains, county staff say.

The vault under the elementary school’s ballfield in Highland Park-Overlee Knolls, which opened in fall 2023, reached its highest water level yet on June 13 but was never in danger of overflowing.

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New speed humps to pop up near schools where drivers flout 20 mph limit

By Jo DeVoe
A 20 mph sign near Gunston Middle School on S. Lang Street (via Google Maps)

It has been 10 years since Arlington County last put up speed humps to reduce speeding.

Now, they will be coming to streets around a trio of schools where lowering speeds to 20 mph has not stopped drivers from going well past the speed limit.

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