DC Metrocentric

Don’t get too excited, the citywide tunnel system being planed isn’t exactly for people (or ninja turtles for that matter).  

D.C. Water and Sewer Authority is planning on building a massive citywide tunnel system to capture excess storm-water runoff and waste and redirect that material to an area treatment plant rather than the Potomac and Anacostia rivers.

You may be wondering how this massive project will be financed? Well the current proposal is to pay for it with, you guessed it… new taxes! The proposed fees, which have yet to be calculated, will go toward the $2.1 billion tab.

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