From DPW:
“The Department of Public Works (DPW) will begin posted residential street sweeping on Tuesday March 1. The program will run through October 30, and motorists are asked to obey posted signs indicating the schedule of parking restrictions to ensure streets are swept thoroughly. (more…)
9th and O St, NW Feb. 21
From DDOT:
“Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced the planned installation of automated traffic enforcement cameras to new locations throughout the District. The camera locations are traffic sites where data analysis has identified speeding and stop sign running as safety issues.
Once Photo Enforced signs are installed in the direction of travel within at least 100 to 150 feet of the approach of the location, a 30-day educational phase will start for each camera installation. During this period, violators will receive warning citations. After the 30-day warning period, DDOT will begin issuing notices of infraction with fines that will range from $100 to $500 based on excess of the speed limit to violators.
The new photo enforcement cameras will be installed in March 2022; their locations and type are as follows: (more…)
Jeffrey writes: “dc doh has finally turned the new covid records site back on. my sample size of 1 showed no “hippa” violations, and I now have an updated record in my phone, so yay.”
From the Mayor’s Office:
“Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Robert J. Contee III announced the Homicide Reduction Partnership, a collaborative effort to reduce violent crime through strategic prevention and focused enforcement. With this new partnership, MPD will focus resources and intelligence-led policing strategies in collaboration with local and federal law enforcement and criminal justice partners, DC government agencies, and community partners. (more…)
Photo by JosephLeonardo
From ABRA:
“Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the Medical Marijuana Patient Access Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 creating DC’s first medical cannabis sales tax holiday, on Friday, February 11, 2022. The holiday will start on Friday, April 15, 2022, and end on Sunday, April 24, 2022.
During the 10-day sales tax holiday, medical cannabis products purchased at any of DC’s seven (7) licensed dispensaries will be exempt from the six percent sales tax. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
There is an abandoned car near in neighborhood (Friendship Heights) and it’s been there for at least 5 months. There is an ticket on it from the dc government but no follow up from them… Not sure what to do or whom to contact…. Any thoughts?“
Readers report:
“Just applied for the new DC digital SMART Health Card and was sent someone else’s vaccine record?! Hopefully you’re not sending my vaccine card to other random people??”
and
“Received notification from DCHealth about digital vaccine record. Went to the site and signed up using DOB; PIN; and first and last name. Received a vaccine record for someone ELSE. This is a huge issue that needs to be fixed ASAP. I am not Ronald” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Those who regularly come in and out of Rock Creek Park via Blagden Avenue in Crestwood may have been surprised to receive $100 tickets from a stop sign camera at Blagden & Allison St. NW. The camera has been operational for several years, from what neighbors can remember, but starting around January, it started spitting out tickets at a crazy rate — and for driving and stopping behavior no reasonable person would consider unsafe. (more…)
photo by Tim Brown
“Dear PoPville,
Since covid, I’ve noticed an uptick in neighborhood home construction on Sundays. Is this just going on unregulated at this point? A 311 request rarely yields any sort of timely response. Honestly, I’m not entirely bothered by it; if this means the home is flipped sooner then all the better. But I do wonder what other oversight is just going by the wayside at this point.”
From the Mayor: “Beginning February 15, 2022, indoor venues will no longer be required to verify that patrons are vaccinated. Businesses may choose to keep vaccination requirements in place.”
“The District’s indoor mask requirements will be dialed back on March 1, 2022.” (more…)