NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through WTOP's website.
The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is completely repaved between Maryland routes 197 and 175, according to a statement from the National Park Service. The Baltimore-Washington Parkway was in such poor condition that the speed limit was reduced from 55 mph to 40 mph during emergency pothole patching. For more than six months last year, a northbound lane of the GW Parkway was closed in the McLean area while repairs were made to a sinkhole.
Kristi King, writer for WTOP, relays in her article, "In Virginia, dark squares of new pavement dot portions of the George Washington Parkway north of Spout Run, reflecting repairs the park service called a “targeted repaving” project. In D.C., targeted repaving now is complete on the Clara Barton Parkway north of Chain Bridge extending into Maryland." Work by the park service and Federal Highway Administration to repave roads in five national parks reflect the park service’s “ongoing commitment to providing safe, smooth roads for travelers in the D.C. area,” they said in the statement. “In the greater Washington area, the NPS maintenance backlog is nearly $2 billion, $900 million of which is for vital transportation systems,” the park service said. To read more on the repaving projects, click here.