Robert F., a top house Republican Washington, DC, leaders that Robert F. before the district MPs broke for the month of August. To accelerate the approval of redevelopment plans for the Kennedy Stadium site.
The federal government transferred the administrative control of this valuable assets with a clear expectation for the House Oversite Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) Chairman James Cummer (R-Ky), that the DC Council would decisively function. , It is written in a letter DC Council President Phil Mendelson on Thursday.
“The committee understands the need for discussions and the availability of financial analyzes and expects to complete all the necessary votes before the council’s August holiday.”
Congress Sanctioned law last year After playing in Maryland for nearly three decades, the RFK Stadium site and Washington Commanders return to the DC to help facilitate the redevelopment of the area known as the return to DC. DC Council recently delayed the final form of its RFK Stadium deal Public pressure On cost and housing preferences.
Mendelson did not immediately respond to the hill request for comment.
Commanders franchise vowed a private investment of $ 2.7 billion in exchange for the redevelopment site. In a temporary agreement, the district stated that it would invest $ 1.1 billion in eight years to create a new stadium, housing and green space on the federal -owned site with the Annacostia River.
The Cummer urged the council to work immediately “without unnecessary and politically motivated delay”.
WTOP News Informed this week The DC Council recalled a significant time limit to vote on the site, possibly threatening the $ 3.7 billion project. The law to formalize the deal for public hearing at the end of this month is determined.
Mendelson told the station, “The council is trying to move towards a positive vote at the stadium.”
