Field off Duke street

Well, some questions have been answered.... but more questions have been raised.

The construction behind the Land Rover dealership and the Animal Hospital on Duke Street is indeed a field.  Three fields in fact.  Two soccer fields and one softball field.
All the fields are synthetic turf and have lights.

There will be parking for forty (40) cars.
There will be a traffic signal/new intersection constructed at the entrance of the park at Whitter Rd and Duke Street.

The park is named Whitter Recreational Field and should be opening in June.

So those are the answers.

Here are the questions that this raises:

-How is anyone going to go into or come out of the park from Duke Street during the evening rush hour?  That area is already so heavily congested that adding more traffic to the mix is just plain stupid! And adding a traffic light doesn't seem like the best answer.  How about another entrance or exit from another street, maybe off Eisenhower Avenue?

-How will this new intersection and traffic light affect the flow of traffic along Duke St., Telegraph Rd., and the side street along Duke St.?

-How will this effect the traffic at the light at Taylor Run and Duke St..  That area already appears to be pretty backed up during the evening rush. At one time this intersection had police direction during the evening rush hour and had a red light camera.

-Where will people park or where will the overflow of parking be?  Forty spaces is enough for maybe one teams supporters.  Just take a look at how crowded the parking garage AND Chinquapin are for TC games, and how full the parking lot is at Minnie Howard's field for games.  Forty spaces doesn't seem like enough for three fields that could be used at the same time.

-Will the fields all be used at the same time, could three games/events be going on simultaneously?

-Who or what teams will be using the fields? Is this for city recreation leagues or Alexandria City Public School use?

-What are the hours of the field use?  Will lights be shining late at night during the week and on weekends?


City employees didn't seem to have very much information - I contacted the Department of Parks and Recreation as well as other City Departments.  Nothing can be found anywhere on city websites about the park, the traffic light installation, intersection construction or anything besides the basics I've given above.

I'll keep digging and let you know what I find, so stay tuned.......