Anacostia River cleanup gets long-term blueprint

A $1.7 billion plan to restore the Anacostia River and watershed over the next 10 years was announced Monday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and other public officials.

The plan, which took two years and $2.8 million to formulate, includes more than 3,000 projects to reduce the garbage, sewage and runoff that have plagued the river. Strategies to be implemented include stormwater controls, stream restoration, wetland creation, fish blockage removal, reforestation, trash and contamination control and parkland acquisition.