A troublesome and dangerous intersection slows commuters and threatens safety, but D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has plans for improvements at New York and Florida avenues, northeast.
Anyone who has driven through the busy crossroads that carries commuters into and out of Washington via New York Avenue can’t help but notice that traffic is obstructed by a fast-food restaurant in the middle of the crossing.
A Wendy’s sits on a triangle-shaped plot of land forcing drivers to circle around the awkwardly placed restaurant to get to where they’re going.
CM McDuffie asked the mayor for some details about his request to fund the taking and reconfiguration of Dave Thomas Circle in the upcoming budget. #OurWard5Budget pic.twitter.com/irlIsfEC4J
— CM McDuffie’s Office (@CM_McDuffie) March 22, 2019
“It will involve us acquiring the type of right of way that we need to make those improvements, design it and implement it and we have included funding for that,” said Mayor Bowser.
The intersection bears the moniker “Dave Thomas Circle” in deference to the Wendy’s founder, but there’s nothing funny about the busy crossroads — it’s one of the city’s most dangerous intersections, chalking up 102 crashes in 2018.
