Recommendation
No objection to the final plans for the proposed ventilation control facility and two diversion sites for the Division J portion of the Northeast Boundary Tunnel of the DC Clean Rivers Project, as shown in materials received and dated 3 November 2014. This submission includes: the W Street Ventilation Control Facility; the R Street Diversion site; and the Mount Olivet Road Diversion site. The proposed W Street Ventilation Control Facility will be located at 1241 W Street, NE, in the D.C. Department of Public Works' Fleet Services Branch vehicle storage lot. The proposed work at the R Street site, located in a small triangular park at the intersection of 6th and R Streets and Rhode Island Avenue, NW, includes new underground construction, relocation of two traffic signal boxes, and restoration of the park lands. The proposed work at the Mount Olivet site, located on Mount Olivet Street, NE, in the southeastern corner of the existing compound of the D.C. Department of Public Works West Virginia Avenue Facility, includes new underground construction, installation of a new aboveground electrical cabinet, an electrical transformer, and a screening fence.Refer to DC Historic Preservation Office.