In growing National Harbor, eyes are once again set on a future Metro station
Metro is studying a long-term plan to bring Metro to National Harbor and Georgetown, but challenges stand before the $25 billion proposal
By Luz Lazo
February 25, 2022
Washington Post
Visitors at National Harbor on Monday. National Harbor officials say a Metro station is critical to meeting the needs of the growing community. (Luz Lazo/The Washington Post)
"The master plan for National Harbor includes houses, hotels, restaurants, an outlet mall and resorts that have largely come to fruition since it opened 14 years ago in the middle of a recession. The Metro station in that blueprint has taken a divergent path.
Developers included the station at a time when the transit agency was on stronger footing, hoping a rail connection to the Washington region would boost the fledgling waterfront community. National Harbor has shown it can grow without Metro, but its continued desire for a station will probably be settled during a process beginning in weeks.
“The only important piece we are missing now is Metro,” said developer Jon Peterson, of Fairfax County-based Peterson Companies, which manages National Harbor..."
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