Finding of No Significant Impact, Metro Memorial Park


The National Park Service has chosen a site for the proposed Metro Memorial, which would honor the victims of the 2009 Red Line Metrorail accident and the first responders.

In the Finding of No Significant Impact, signed on August 27 2013, the National Park Service selected an area of the Civil War Defenses of Washington land north of the intersection of New Hampshire and South Dakota Avenues, NE. The location is adjacent to the Blair Road Community Garden and near to where the Metrorail accident occurred. As part of the project, the jurisdiction of the selected parcel will be transferred from the National Park Service to the District of Columbia, which will manage and maintain the proposed memorial. The National Park Service will retain underlying ownership of the land.

The memorial will consist of open space with a commemorative element and new landscape featuring native plants. The memorial likely will include a plaza area, landscape and public artwork, including a signature piece of art by a local artist. The design criteria include a serene setting consisting of a prominent marker at the entrance, public artwork, seating, a pedestrian walkway, solar lighting that does not disrupt adjacent residences, incorporation of a commissioned poem, and use of low-impact stormwater management measures. The District and the National Park Service also will develop an interpretive feature for the memorial site, or adjacent land, to educate visitors about the Civil War Defenses of Washington.

Prior to any construction, a phased archeological survey will be conducted at the memorial area by professionals meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and following the District's 1998 Guidelines for Archaeological Investigations.
 
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