A Metro at Potomac Yard?

From the Alexandria Times:

City on track to add Potomac Yard Metro station
June 12, 2008

By David Sachs Alexandria Times Staff Writer

The Planning Commission took the next step in developing the first new Metrorail station in four years by approving various mixed-use developments at Potomac Yard last week. If the station materializes, it will be several years from now, with revenues from the newly approved development paying its way.

Plans for the area’s urbanization include higher-density office, residential, hotel and park space that will coalesce with the slightly older townhouses, restaurants and shops recently developed along the plot’s edge, north of Slaters Lane, to form a new neighborhood in between the National Airport and Braddock Road Metro stops.

The city hopes that tax revenue generated from a larger town center will pay for a Metro station connecting the Braddock Road and National Airport sites. “The station doesn’t depend on it,” Deputy City Manager Mark Jinks said. “But it moves toward that goal.” Read more at the newspaper's website.