The National Harbor Project, a $2-billion development planned for south of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge across the Potomac from Alexandria, has received final funding to go ahead with construction. The development will include condos, upscale shopping, and a 1,500-room Gaylord Hotel.

In the FAQ, the developers are coy about whether “National Harbor have a Metro stop?”:

Metro follows development and the National Harbor project has the density and smart growth design that appeals to Metro planners. The Peterson Companies and Metro officials are working to locate a metro stop in the Preliminary Plan of Subdivision.

DCist wonders if they’re serious about this – the site is not near any existing Metro line. WMATA has National Harbor as the terminal of one of its proposed light-rail lines running through Anacostia. The nearest metrorail line is the Green Line, which terminates at Branch Avenue. Either scenario sounds troublesome planning-wise, and we suspect this is just some smart growth mumbo jumbo to help get the project approved.

More on the deal:

“… Last week, the last of the lawsuits against the project was dropped by the group Campaign to Reinvest in Oxon Hill in exchange for Peterson hiring a consultant to develop a plan for downtown Oxon Hill. The unincorporated community is near the National Harbor site. Peterson is known regionally for developing or redeveloping other suburban “downtowns” in the Washington area. …