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Alexandria residents press council to keep pump station out of Waterfront Park
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Alexandria City Council to pause plans to place a flood‑mitigation pump station in Waterfront Park, arguing staff cost estimates omit lost tax revenue, visitor impacts and deed restrictions and urging evaluation of alternatives such as 1 Prince Street.
Dozens of residents told the Alexandria City Council they oppose siting a flood‑mitigation pump station in Waterfront Park and urged officials to fully compare alternatives before making an irreversible decision.
Mark Bendick Jr., who identified himself as an economist and Alexandria resident, told the council the project team’s current cost calculations cover only site acquisition and construction and "ignore losses in the tax revenues that waterfront silently, but importantly underpins." He said his own preliminary calculations suggest those uncounted costs would "total substantially more…
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