Bill transferring Southwest waterway to D.C. lands in Congress

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D.C.’s congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is trying again to get ownership of the channel along the Southwest waterfront transferred to the District from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Norton’s bill is part of a larger plan to redevelop the Southwest Waterfront, which includes extending the docks and increasing maritime activity there.

Norton introduced the bill this week in Congress, which stalled in the Senate after the House passed it last year.

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