Arlington County Board Funds Six Neighborhood Conservation Projects
- $127,154 for Arlington Heights streetlights project – 5th Street S to S. Jackson Street. LED Carlyle Style streetlights will be installed on 5th St S, from Glebe Road to S. Jackson St, and the Colonial Style lights will be removed.
During my four years as AHCA president (1999-2003), following on past-president Jim Gill's efforts, we set as a priority and then successfully petitioned for Carlyle Style streetlights on every block of the interior of Arlington Heights:
- 1st Street South
- 2nd Street South
- 3rd Street South
- 5th Street South
- 6th Street South
- 7th Street South
- 9th Street South
- 9th Road South
- South Fenwick Street
- South Garfield Street
- South Highland Street
- South Hudson Street
- South Irving Street
- South Ivy Street
- South Jackson Street
- South Old Glebe Road
With the 5th Street project approved, 14 to 17 years later, we see the cycle completed. On most of our neighborhood's streets, we can look north, south, east, and west, and see consistent, attractive, safe lighting. Every president since 2003 and many volunteers have kept that effort going. Along the way, we also got improvements to the Glebe Road bridge over Arlington Boulevard, sidewalks and lighting on Columbia Pike, a stop light at 2nd Street and South Glebe Road, traffic calming on South Highland Street near Patrick Henry School, and currently sidewalks being constructed on South Fillmore Street.
A big thank-you to everyone in Arlington Heights!
Thank you
Jay Jacob Wind
South Ivy Stret