November 14, 2006

New D.C. garage plan to pass council?

The D.C. city council is expected today to approve a scaled-down parking garage plan to serve the new Washington Nationals stadium. This is largely the same plan that was rejected by the D.C. council last month; by eliminating steel reinforcements so that the garages could later be expanded to include retail outlets or housing, mayor-elect Adrian Fenty trimmed $20 million from the expected cost, which was apparently enough to sway some council opponents.

In related news, would-be garage developer Herbert Miller filed a $40 million lawsuit against the city yesterday, charging that he was wrongfully terminated from the garages-wrapped-in-condos project that will now not be built. The council might not want to spend that $20 million in savings just yet.