Arlington County Government, VA Around Arlington, 21 Nov 2017

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ATV's regular roundup of news and notes. In this edition:

Thanksgiving closure schedule 0:20

Fill The Cruiser 0:54

Made In Arlington 1:40

StreetBeat: Washington Blvd 2:22

Leaf Collection 4:15

Additional County Board Meeting 4:44

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Crews have been busy improving Arlington streets yet again find out where later with Jessica Baxter, but first Arlington County government offices, courts, libraries and facilities will be closed on Thursday November, 23rd and Friday November 24th for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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There will still be regular trash pickup metered parking will not be enforced on either Thanksgiving or the day after, as both our county holidays, libraries and community centers will reopen on Saturday November 25th, with full programming check our holiday schedule for more details at Arlington, Va us search holiday, and if you plan to shop on Black, Friday, Small, Business, Saturday or any of the many shopping opportunities coming up, we hope you'll give some thought to those in need.

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The arlington county police department is hoping to fill a cruiser with new unwrapped toys to bring holiday cheer to children from newborns to age. 17 officers will be collecting toys on November, 28th and December 5th at several locations around the county. If you want to donate toys but can attend one of the fill, the cruiser events, please drop off donations at police headquarters until December 15th donations will be distributed by the police department throughout December check our website for donation sites and times by searching, fill the cruiser and, in other shopping news. This holiday season.

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The Maine and Arlington pop-up shop at Plaza library features gifts made by local entrepreneurs, you'll find beautiful, wearable and edible items from Arlington, innovators and artisans. It's open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at courthouse Plaza and every Thursday we'll have additional vendors in the lobby from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. find out what's in the shop and who the Thursday vendors are by stopping by or searching for made in Arlington on our website.

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Jessica Baxter of the Department of Environmental Services is back with us today to talk about. What's going on along Washington Boulevard between Westover and Falls Church.

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Earlier this year, the county had an extensive public process to transform Washington Boulevard from Sycamore to McKinley Road, to make it more of a complete Street the street that accommodates all roadway users, including drivers, walkers and bicyclists. Here, to tell us more about it is design team supervisor dan neighbors with the transportation division, hi, Dan, hi.

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Hi, can you tell us a little bit about this project? Certainly.

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Well, what we were able to do through remarking and restriping were to add some features to the roadway that weren't there before we were able to get in a bike lane we're able to enhance the pedestrian crossings and even enhance some of the turn movements for vehicles to help alleviate traffic. So.

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Can you tell us a little bit about the benefits of the project? Certainly.

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Well, the whole purpose is to make Washington Boulevard a safer Street we've again. What we were able to do is narrow the road the street a little bit to put in bike lanes in some areas. We have a bike lane in the westbound direction and pieces of bike lane.

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Process, how did you take community feedback in the final print plans? We.

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M had a community meeting where we brought our proposed plans to the community and got their feedback on what their needs were and through that we were able to modify the design so that it was a design that again created a safer street but also balance the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists so that we have hopefully ended up with the best project we could deliver. That's.

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Great thanks to you and your team for making this road safer, Thank.

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You Jessica and.

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To learn more about this project and more visit the county website, thanks for tuning in to Street, beat we'll see you next time.

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Thanks Jessica to learn even more about our intense projects, check projects, Arlington Va us the leaves are coming down and leaf. Collection is underway. Vacuum trucks are making two passes per Civic Association between now and December. 22Nd leaf bags will be picked up with your yard waste on your regular trash day and remember always use biodegradable paper bags, as leaves and plastic bags will not be collected, find out when the vacuum truck will be in your neighborhood at recycling.

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Arlington Va us the Arlington County Board added a recessed meeting to his calendar for Monday November 27th. In addition to its already regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday November 28th, everyone is welcome to attend the county board meetings which are held in the 3rd floor board. Room at courthouse, Plaza I can't make it in person. Watch meetings live on Arlington, TV or streaming on our youtube channel and as a result of the added board meeting the November 27th open door. Monday event has been canceled check.

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The board meeting schedules online at county board: Arlington Va dot US. Well, that's it for this edition. You can find out more about events going on around Arlington by liking us on Facebook, following us, on Twitter and check on our website at Arlington, Va, dot, us and we'll see you next time around Arlington.

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