New Crosswalk at Fessenden and Connecticut

There’s a new zebra in town, a couple of miles north of the Zoo.

ANC 3F05 Commissioner Manolis Priniotakis tells us: The District Department of Transportation has finally put in an additional marked zebra crosswalk at intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Fessenden.

For years, the lack of street markings but presence of a pedestrian signal at the southern crossing, not to mention a sign instructing walkers to cross only in the presence of a signal, created a confusing situation. Requests for this crosswalk earlier this year had encountered a response that Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) required curb cuts on the east side of Connecticut, which did not have any. Persistence appears to have paid off.