Report slams Georgia Ave. Walmart plan

Published June 12, 2011 4:00am ET



A new report being submitted to D.C. officials this week says the proposed Walmart at Georgia and Missouri avenues in Northwest will wreak havoc on an already congested intersection and that the retailer should chip in to ease the impact. The report, submitted by an Advisory Neighborhood Commission to the D.C. Office of Planning, also contends that other uses — like residential — should be included in the Walmart project instead of the proposed, traditional big-box development.

“It’s not a good site for that kind of use,” said Richard Layman, co-chairman of the ANC subcommittee that drafted the report. “It’s suboptimal.”

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