After years of discussion as to what should be done, it appears a solution has been reached on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s (WSSC) efforts to provide new water mains to its water standpipe on Ridge Road near Lastner Lane. Boxwood Village residents on Lastner Lane, White Birch and Julian Courts will no longer have a WSSC easement with an active water main running through their yards, while the tree buffer behind homes along Ridge Road will be preserved – for the most part – as a new line to replace the current line in yards is installed. The adjacent property owners outside the city limits will not have a water line on their claimed property. Most Boxwood residents will no longer be subject to water shutdowns when WSSC needs to maintain the water tank. WSSC will have new water lines to its water tank that are critically needed to maintain water pressure in the Greenbelt area.
This outcome was presented to the Greenbelt City Council at its January 17 worksession by City Planner Terri Hruby and representatives of WSSC. Also attending were some Boxwood homeowners and Crystal and David Jones, owners of the adjacent unincorporated property.
The next step will be for the city staff to issue a construction permit, which Hruby said would probably be done this week. WSSC expects the work to be done this summer, with partial closing of Lastner Lane near Ridge Road as a new main to replace an existing main is installed.
Read more of this story in the January 25 News Review.