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Morning Notes

Published March 4, 2011 at 8:43AM

Arlington to Install Parking Cameras? — Arlington is considering installing sensors or cameras that monitor parking space usage and using the data to hike parking rates to a more market-based price. One system the county is considering would use the same technology as the license plate readers used by police. [Greater Greater Washington]

Clarendon Metro Park To Get Overhaul — The Clarendon Metro plaza and the park adjacent to it will be getting some improvements over the next several months. The improvements will provide more room for the Wednesday farmers market and allow events to be held in the park. [TBD]

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Rosslyn, Get Ready for Some Blasting

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2011 at 12:18PM

According to an email from the county, contractor Clark Construction has excavated to a depth of 20 feet but is about to hit bedrock. Once it does, Clark will need to start blasting to reach the ultimate depth of 100 feet. The blasting is expected to start “in the near future.”

County officials say they’re doing everything they can to keep the noise down, including putting a concrete cap on the “blast shaft” and using “blast mats.”

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Rosslyn Metro Changes for MLK Weekend

By ARLnow.com

Published January 4, 2011 at 11:05AM

Free shuttle bus service will be available between the Rosslyn, Foggy Bottom and Farragut West stations during the closures.

See more info from Metro or the press release below.

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Groundbreaking for New Rosslyn Metro Station Entrance

By ARLnow.com

Published October 28, 2010 at 11:07AM

The entrance will be located across from the existing Metro entrance, between the planned CentralPlace office and residential towers and near the future 1812 North Moore Street tower. It will feature three high-speed elevators and an emergency staircase, but no escalators.

The $32.6 million project also includes the construction of new fare collection and vending equipment, as well as a new kiosk and a new entrance mezzanine.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 19, 2010 at 5:47AM

County Spending Outpaces Revenue Gains — An improving economy will bring in more tax and fee revenue for the county next year, but those gains will be outpaced by projected increases in county spending. More from the Sun Gazette.

Plane Crash Survivor Back at Work in Arlington — Former NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe, who survived the Alaska plane crash that killed Sen. Ted Stevens, returned to work yesterday. O’Keefe is the CEO of Arlington-based EADS North America. More from Reuters.

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Rosslyn Traffic Patterns Change Saturday

By ARLnow.com

Published October 7, 2010 at 12:01PM | Updated October 7, 2010 at 12:55PM

Thanks to the construction of a new Metro entrance and the 1812 North Moore Street office tower, traffic patterns are changing and won’t go back to normal for another three years.

Starting Saturday, North Moore Street will become a one-way street heading south from 19th Street North to Wilson Boulevard. North Moore will remain two-way north of 19th Street.

Around Town

Southwest “Protest” Outside Rosslyn Metro Station

By ARLnow.com

Published September 27, 2010 at 9:41AM

A tipster tells us that Southwest reps, armed with ID cards, free peanuts and a bullhorn, are promoting their “bags fly free” campaign.

Our tipster notes: “When asked if they would be flying into DCA, the response was ‘we’re trying.'”

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Artist’s Rendering of the New Rosslyn Metro Station Entrance

By ARLnow.com

Published September 24, 2010 at 2:29PM

Two months ago the county board approved funding for construction of a second entrance to the heavily-used Rosslyn Metro Station. The new entrance will be built between North Moore Street and Lynn Street, across the street from the existing Metro entrance.

This week, the county released artist’s renderings of what the entrance will look like.

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Three Stuck in Rosslyn Metro Elevator

By ARLnow.com

Published September 21, 2010 at 2:11PM | Updated September 21, 2010 at 3:40PM

Via the scanner, we hear that the Arlington Fire Department is working on freeing three people from a stuck elevator at the Rosslyn Metro station.

Firefighters are currently trying to determine where the elevator car is within the long elevator shaft.

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Major Police Presence at Courthouse Metro

By ARLnow.com

Published September 20, 2010 at 3:08PM

Arlington County and Metro police are looking for a man who may have brandished a weapon in the Courthouse Metro location. The man is believed to have already left the station.

This information comes from police radio traffic and the incident has not been confirmed.

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Funding for New Rosslyn Metro Entrance Approved

By ARLnow.com

Published July 14, 2010 at 7:43AM | Updated July 14, 2010 at 3:19PM

The Rosslyn station, Northern Virginia’s busiest, will be getting three high speed, high-capacity elevators, new fare collection equipment and an underground mezzanine with a dedicated Commuter Store.

The new entrance to the station will be built between North Moore Street and Lynn Street, across the street from the existing Metro entrance. The old station entrance will remain in service even after the new one is completed.

Around Town

Streetcars, New Metro Entrance Among Big Changes Coming to Crystal City

By ARLnow.com

Published July 13, 2010 at 3:37PM | Updated July 13, 2010 at 3:55PM

Tonight the County Board is expected to advertise public hearings on the blandly-named but far-reaching Crystal City Sector Plan 2050.

The plan sets a vision of the new Crystal City that will emerge once dozens of federal agencies and thousands of federal jobs move out as a result of the Base Realignment and Closing Act.