ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Alexandria residents had an opportunity Saturday morning to learn more about a proposal to revamp the Jones Point Park below the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
The current plan is focused on making better use of the space below the bridge. At the moment, it is generally a large, open paved area with basketball courts and paths for cyclists and joggers.
Some ideas presented in the proposal would introduce more recreational opportunities, like bocce ball courts, Futsal courts and even a bike fix station.
The bike trail through the park would also be rerouted to minimize cyclists and pedestrian interactions.
“Having some options so people route different ways just makes it more accessible to everybody,” Allison Sigethy of Alexandria said.
Other neighbors were concerned about the routing of the cyclists, possibly through nearby neighborhoods.
“Our concern is that this whole area is one of the very few natural areas still left to the extent that it is,” resident Trudi Hahn said. “We want to know with whatever they are going to do, that they are not going to further degrade the habitat for the birds and the other wildlife that live around here.”
Jones Point Park is also a historic area, with the only riverine lighthouse in the region and historical markers to note where the old border of D.C. was before the land was retroceded back to Virginia.
