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From YouTube: Around Arlington | Safetrack
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ATV's regular roundup of news and notes. In this edition, we talk with Director of Transportation regarding Arlington's response to WMATA's "Safetrack" program, and pay some thanks to all the folks who keep our streets repaired on a new Streetbeat. Also, spraygrounds and farmers markets herald summer officially open, the library's summer reading program begins, and we honor the original volunteer heroes of Hall's Hill's Fire Station No. 8.
A
You
Metro
is
packing
three
years
worth
of
track
maintenance
into
the
next
year
or
so,
and
the
effects
will
be
felt
across
our
region
will
tell
you
what
to
expect
in
Arlington
later
in
our
program,
but
first,
it's
warm
outside
at
last.
The
county,
spray
grounds
and
public
pools
are
open
and
farmers
markets
are
popping
up
all
over
Arlington's
newest
farmers.
Market
is
located
at
marymount
university,
find
out
the
hours
of
the
markets
and
of
the
pools
and
spray
grounds
on
our
website.
A
At
Arlington,
Va
us
in
1918,
African
American
residents
organized
a
volunteer
fire
department
that
became
fire
station
8
that
stations
first
paid.
Firefighters
were
Remembered
at
a
celebration
that
honored
their
commitment
and
service
to
the
community.
You
can
learn
more
about
these
officers
and
the
challenges
they
faced
on
our
website
at
Arlington.
Va
us
metro,
safe
track
maintenance
plan
addresses
the
safety
and
reliability
of
the
entire
subway
system.
Arlington
is
working
with
Metro
to
get
the
word
out
to
residents
and
commuters
about
what
to
expect.
Let's
take
a
look
safe.
B
Truck
is
a
big
deal
for
Arlington
and
the
region.
It
is
a
proposal
to
really
substantially
rebuild
some
of
the
rail,
the
region's
rail
infrastructure
over
the
course
of
about
the
next
nine
and
a
half
months.
Well,
the
metro
rail
system
is
heavily
used
on
an
average
weekday
akari's
over
700,000
people
a
day
and
the
system
has
been
expanded
and
with
all
of
that
ridership
with
that
expansion,
it
is
left
little
time
for
actually
maintaining
the
system
and
keeping
it
in
a
state
of
good
repair.
So
we
have
a
backlog.
B
There
are
15
surges,
ranging
from
a
one-week
too
many
weeks,
and
each
one
requires
some
very
careful
planning.
The
first
surge
starts
june
fourth
and
continues
to
june
sixteenth,
and
then
we
have
a
second
surge.
It
takes
us
to
the
end
of
the
month.
Our
first
step
is
really
working
with
Metro
to
understand
how
much
rail
service
is
being
cut,
then,
once
we
assess
that
working
with
them
to
identify
are
the
bus
options
to
fill
in
some
of
those
gaps.
We
then
look
to
our
own
local
art
system
to
see
what
we
can
do.
B
One
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
is
we
only
have
so
much
road
capacity
and
those
are
the
same
roads
that
the
buses
are
on.
So,
if
we're
moving
many
people
onto
shuttle
bus
operations
or
enhanced
or
card
or
bus
operations,
and
then
they
get
stuck
in
traffic,
that
kind
of
defeats
the
purpose,
but
in
Arlington
our
messaging
is
all
about
travel
options.
People
need
to
be
flexible,
they
need
to
plan
ahead
and
they
need
to
think
about
options.
B
They
may
not
have
tried
before
many
of
our
residents
are
our
metro,
rail
writers,
and
so
they
haven't
used
the
bus
or
they
haven't
considered
a
telework
option
or
a
carpool
or
maybe
riding
a
bike
to
their
office
if
they're
close
enough
and
what
we're
doing
is
to
try
to
support
all
of
those
options
be
looking
at
the
website,
we
have
our
own
arlington
website
with
all
the
information.
That's
Arlington
specific.
B
A
We'll
be
keeping
you
posted
about
the
track
work
and
how
to
get
around
arlington
here
on
a
TV
and
on
our
website
keyword,
safe
track,
the
arlington
library
kicked
off
its
summer
reading
program
and
it's
open
for
everyone.
There
are
prizes
and
programs
for
kids
preschool
through
high
school
and
adults
can
join
in
the
fun
too.
A
For
everyone
who
completes
the
program,
the
Friends
of
the
library,
will
donate
one
dollar
to
the
ongoing
restoration
of
Hades
petite
guava
library
that
was
damaged
in
the
earthquake
of
2010
National
Public
Works
week
recognizes
those
county
employees
who
keep
Arlington
services
such
as
water
trash
and
recycling,
our
buses
and
streetlights
running
24
7
36
five.
It
was
a
great
opportunity
to
look
back
on
the
many
projects
that
were
completed
this
year.
Here's
jessica
baxter
to
tell
us
more.
C
May
15
through
the
21st,
is
National
Public
Works
week.
So
what
does
that
mean?
Well,
the
association
of
Public
Works
uses
this
week
to
energize
and
educate
communities
across
the
nation
over
the
importance
Public
Works
plays
in
your
daily
lives.
So
to
celebrate,
let's
see
what
the
Department
of
Environmental
Services
has
been
up
to.
For
the
past
year,
we
milled
and
paved
approximately
ninety
two
of
our
974
Lane
miles
that
we
control
here
in
Arlington
County,
we
repaired
twelve
thousand
one
hundred
of
those
pesky
potholes,
and
so
far
this
year
it's
been
more
than
4,900.
C
We
rely
nearly
50,000
linear
feet
of
sanitary
sewer.
We
replaced
approximately
three
miles
of
water
main
we
cleaned,
inlined,
2300,
linear
feet
of
water
main,
and
we
inspected
and
clean
57,000
linear
feet
of
storm
sewer
pipe
to
learn
more
about
the
work
that
we
do
make
sure
you
follow
us
on
Facebook
and
Twitter.
Thanks
for
tuning
into
this
street,
beat
we'll
see
you
next
time.
A
Thanks
Jessica
and
thanks
to
all
of
our
lling
tins
environmental
services,
employees
for
keeping
the
county
running
smoothly,
you
can
learn
more
about
the
work
they
do
as
well
as
report
a
problem
or
schedule
an
appliance
pickup
on
our
website.
Well,
that's
it!
For
this
week
you
can
watch
us
here
on
a
TV
on
our
website
or
subscribe
to
our
YouTube
channel,
to
watch
all
of
our
programs
online
and
we'll
see
you
next
time
around
arlington.