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We warned you yesterday about emergency repairs the Maryland Transportation Authority announced for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, starting today. WTOP has a bit of an update on the situation for Labor Day travelers. MTA is assigning extra staff members to help with traffic over the long weekend, and will make sure there are enough EZ-Pass and cash toll booths open to accommodate the heavy traffic, though it's probably still a good idea to find alternate routes to your destination if you can. Asking why the damage to the bolts in the concrete parapet wasn't found earlier, MTA Secretary John Pocani said, "This is something that's not detectable through normal inspection procedures and it's something that has occurred slowly over time," but that the bridge as a whole is structurally sound.

>> Despite well-publicized problems at D.C. Schools, reading and math scores at 8th and 4th grade levels are both up in the District. [WaPo] >> Tonight is the second public meeting for the Fourteenth Street Transportation and Streetscape. 7-9 p.m. at the National City Christian Church at 5 Thomas Circle NW. [Logan Circle News] >> Westbound traffic on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is closed while an ambulance takes an injured worker to the hospital. [AP...

And a happy Friday morning to you, Washington. Heads up: Metro's Yellow Line from King Street to Mt. Vernon Square will not be running this weekend due to track maintenance starting tonight at 10 p.m. Folks will be forced off at King Street, and those going between Mt. Vernon Square and L'Enfant Plaza will be forced to ride the Green Line. Things are expected to be running back on schedule by Monday morning. Large Part...

... First up, the District says that it has struck a deal with Howard University to open a hospital on 19th Street in Southeast, a quadrant of the city that is currently underserved in terms of quick access to medical care. But please note that the Post has "Deal" set off by quotation marks in its headline, saying in its lede that it is a "deal in principle."

A Vote for D.C.? Survey Says 'Yes': A new national survey indicates that 8 out of 10 Americans support Congressional representation for the District of Columbia, the Post reports. The poll, conducted by the nonpartisan polling firm KRC Research, surveyed about 1,000 people and has a margin of error of 3 percent. The firm’s president tells the Post that the "current war environment and discussion about spreading democracy around the world has an influence on people's thoughts when you ask them whether or not people in the U.S. capital should have voting rights."

- The American U. Eagle has a longer piece on the closing of Visions Cinema Bistro, which characterizes the cinema's demise as "100% financial" and blames corporate competition:

Then, the opening of large chain theaters showing indie films resounded like death knells. Georgetown Loews in November 2002. AFI Silver Theatre in April 2003. Then E Street Cinema last January, bringing Landmark's clout into the downtown pond. Suddenly it was big fish versus small fish.

The daughter of a man characterized by officials as a "high ranking hamas operative" and detained for videotaping the Chesapeake Bay Bridge told the Post the video was nothing more than recording vacation memories:

" ... Dua'a Elbarasse, 20, daughter of Ismael Selim Elbarasse, said her mother was trying to zoom in on boats in the bay. "We had taped our whole vacation, and we thought the bay looked really nice off the bridge," she said. "This has been completely blown out of proportion."

Continue reading "Daughter: Vacation Memories, Not Terror"