The road was submerged in flood waters earlier this week during Monday’s torrential downpour.

Between Foxhall Road and Arizona Avenue.

Mayor Vince Gray ordered today that the speed limits on sections of New York Avenue NE, Bladensburg Road NE, North Capitol Street and Canal Road NW increase by five miles per hour.

It’s hard to miss the giant “Hoya Saxa” mural while driving past Georgetown University on Canal Road NW. The mural has been an institution since it appeared on the wall sometime in the early 1990s, yet some, such as Barbara Zartman, vice president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, say the mural is “grafitti” and should be removed. Well, it looks like that won’t be happening anytime soon. The West End Guide reports that at…

The Columbus Day pseudo holiday has caused a few random problems in a municipal-sense. If you are a District resident, be advised that garbage pickup will be off schedule. According to the District: “Once-weekly Supercan trash collection and citywide recycling will ‘slide’ one day for the remainder of the week, beginning Tuesday. Households that receive twice-weekly city trash service will have Monday’s trash collected on Tuesday, and Tuesday’s trash collected on Wednesday, with normal collections…

Expect to find more sobriety checkpoints near Georgetown thanks to something called “Operation Strikeforce”. This message was sent through D.C.’s text alert system:(Washington, DC) The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) joined the Metropolitan Police Department and police departments from Fairfax an Montgomery Counties to kick off Checkpoint Strikeforce, a regional six-month anti-drunk driving campaign. Checkpoint Strikeforce was launched in the late afternoon on August 26 on Canal Road, just west of the Georgetown bars, with…