DDOT to hold public Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge plan meetings

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DDOT to hold public Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge plan meetings

The District Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings about the status of the .

During the meetings, DDOT will present an overview of the project and will discuss job and business opportunities, according to a release.

The first meeting is for Ward 8, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Cedar-Tree Academy, 701 Howard Road SE.

The second meeting is for Ward 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Augustine鈥檚 Episcopal Church, 555 Water St. SW.

Information from both meetings will be posted to .

The bridge, being built by Watsonville, California-based Granite Construction Inc. and Atlanta-based Archer Western, will have six lanes, and improved bicycle and pedestrian access when it is finished.

Granite Construction said the bridge project is expected to be completed by December 2021.

The bridge and South Capitol Street corridor project are part of the much larger 30-year, $10 billion聽.

91欧美激情’s Jeff Clabaugh contributed to this report.

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