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D.C. today unveiled a new design for the streetcar training and maintenance facility that is set to be located on the campus of Spingarn High School along Benning Road NE.

Spingarn High School was granted historic designation yesterday, possibly complicating D.C.’s plans to build a street car maintenance and training facility on the school’s campus.

Yesterday D.C. unveiled new renderings of a proposed streetcar maintenance and training facility that it wants to locate on the campus of Spingarn High School along Benning Road NE.

The District government’s newest special panel will deal with the financing and governance of the planned streetcar system.

Mayor Vince Gray isn’t backing away from a controversial streetcar maintenance and training facility on the grounds of a school in Ward 5, and says that seven to 10 such car barns will be needed for the whole streetcar network.

Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) and other groups are still pushing Mayor Vince Gray to move a streetcar maintenance and training facility from its proposed location on the grounds of Spingarn High School.

Following on the heels of a community meeting where a group of Ward 5 residents angrily protested a plan to put a streetcar maintenance and training facility on the grounds of Spingarn High School along Benning Road NE, Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) has asked Mayor Vince Gray to consider alternate sites for the facility.

Ward 5 residents aren’t too keen on a proposed streetcar car barn that D.C. wants to build on the campus of Spingarn High School along Benning Road NE, threatening to throw another wrench in what’s already a tight timeline for the H Street NE streetcar.