Is Potomac Avenue okay?

Potomac Avenue is open.

All this from the rain, or was there a water main break?

Looks like the idiots at Potomic yard construction causes it. Another fine example of the the Mayor and City Council leadership overseeing this ugly construction project.

Hey Del Ray Guy - this is on the 'amenities' the extra density provides for us.. isnt it great?

Speaking of flooding, why is the land (before Slater's Lane going south) flooded on the parkway? All the trees have died and instead of a nice view of the woods, we get to see those ugly mctownhouses. Is this a result of runoff from that new development?

Scot- that too is an amenity! views of faux brick townhomes from the historic parkway... isnt all this high density great?

City staff is trying to get us an answer on what caused the flooding. Will pass it on as soon as it is received.

Can't wait to see what happens to the Metro station there.

@Robert - wasn't aware that there were beavers, but it does separately appear to me that the land is flooded where it was not previously underwater. I've observed inclement flooding in that area, however. So what is causing this flooding? A beaver dam?

Swell... does this mean the City will now have to spend money on a water taxi program to complement the trolley?

Property taxes are going to now go up on account they are now waterfront. Maybe the beavers are behind this flooding as well. :)

Actually, part of Pulte's pitch for this development is its proximity to parks and the waterfront. They could replace images in their current marketing of the Old Town docks with images like the ones in this article (construction worker wades through toxic water). Check out this ridiculous propoganda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBhobN_qP3o

John- that is advertisement is hilarious. I love how the closing shot is of the Torpedo Factory. Because, after all, the two areas are so similar. What Euille has done to Alexandria with his builder friends is disgusting.

Great video, except where is the freight train blowing it's wistle as it goes by your 800+k four story townhouse at 11pm at night?

Too bad they removed all the trees and vegetation - their removal certainly didn't help anything.

It's all about perspective Sarah! I've lived here my entire life and in the last year I've seen for the first time: deer by the cannon on Braddock, falcons atop my garage off Russell, and three wild turkeys on west Windsor. Thank you Pulte for bringing all this wildlife into our neighborhoods!

Oh, and I forgot to mention the ten fold increase in racoon sightings.

An on-going storm sewer construction at Potomac Yard but not a "development construction issue"? Oh please. Isn't it just possible that the 30 foot high (more or less) mound of dirt directly across from the deepest flooding might have something to do with this. The fact that the contractors chose that location, the lowest point of Rt 1 in the immediate area as the site to pile construction dirt was a breathtaking faux pas of engineering thought. I walked down to that area of Rt 1 and someone from an "infrastructure" private contractor told me that the problem was the storm sewer on the west (or Del Ray) side of Rt. 1. The fact that in almost 36 years of living here I have never seen a flood in that particular area of Rt 1 leaves me to believe that it is indeed a "development construction issue". The storm sewer at the end of all the Del Ray streets that debouch on to Rt 1 have been severely beaten up by the former Monroe Avenue traffic that now goes down those streets. The part of the sewer at the foot of East Howell has broken at least 2 if not 3 times already causing people on the 500 block to loose their water for as long as 12+ hours. I think the taxpayers need to ask who is footing the bill for the much needed new storm sewers to serve Potomac Yard. I really hope the answer isn't us.

What noone is telling us is whether this will affect the surrounding homes.

Hope you all have very good sump pumps. Or insurance.

GovSpeak: "City of Alexandria engineer Emily Baker said Wednesday’s flooding on Route 1 is related to “ongoing storm sewer construction” at Potomac Yard. She said it’s not a “development construction issue.”

They removed the large drainage ditch that ran the length of the yard construction. Then about a week or so ago they started building a side road for the development where that ditch used to be. That clearly had the ground higher on the construction site than route 1 in that section. To suggest that the construction did not cause the flooding is ridicules.

check out this video of the aftermath of this mess from Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvVUjs_1W84&list=UUAWy4wxXKqwHyMbmQ1zBmsg&index=1&feature=plcp.

Thank you, Del Ray Patch, for keeping us updated. I've been searching for updates elsewhere online to plan my evening commute home to Del Ray, but only Patch gave me what I needed.

All four lanes clear of water and moving at speed. I just walked out and watched for a few minutes.