In the latest example of developers refusing to eat their vegetables, and still getting their chocolate cake anyway, WMATA is now seeking to get out of providing all of the parking it promised to replace spaces lost to a new residential development on its Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro station parking lot. Phase 1 of a two-phase garage expansion at the station is now underway. But that addition will replace just over 52% of the spaces eaten up by the new development.
WMATA is now proposing to cancel the Phase 2 garage expansion, which was to provide 194 parking spaces. The transit agency's reasoning is threefold: First, it continues to be strapped for cash and would like to save the cost of the Phase 2 project. Second, it claims many parking spaces are currently sitting empty at the White Flint and Twinbrook Metro stations, and suggests Grosvenor riders switch stations to one of those. Finally, it notes that the Phase 2 construction will greatly disrupt the Kiss and Ride area, and the Arts Walk.
A public hearing on the proposed changes has been scheduled for
Monday, March 30, 2020, at 6:30 PM at the Mansion at Strathmore, located at 10701 Rockville Pike. The hearing will be preceded by an Open House at 6:00.
