Construction began Wednesday on the next phase of transforming Dave Thomas Circle, a confusing roundabout in Northeast D.C. City officials said the project is expected to be finished by December 2024 and are inviting residents to vote on its new name.
on the intersection’s new name among five options: Douglass Crossing, Three Stars Plaza, Mamie “Peanut” Johnson Plaza, Tiber Gateway and People’s Plaza.about two years after the District unveiled a remake for the notoriously confusing corridor that is colloquially named after the founder of Wendy’s, which had a restaurant at the center of the triangular block for decades before it closed two years ago.
one of the city’s most hazardous intersections. The intersection, where First Street NE and New York and Florida avenues converge, serves as a gateway to downtown Washington and draws about 80,000 vehicles daily.District officials announced the redesign two years ago. The changes include reconfiguring roads, adding turn lanes on New York and Florida avenues, creating public parks and making crosswalk improvements.
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