WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A part of O Street NW closed to traffic for more than 35 years was reopened as a "green street" on Friday.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials, including EPA Region III Administrator Shawn Garvin, DOEE Director Tommy Wells and Chesapeake Bay Trust Executive Director Dr. Jana Davis, attended a ribbon cutting ceremony to reopen the 200 block of O Street NW. The road will collect thousands of gallons of stormwater "and help protect area streams and rivers," according to the mayor's office.
The road was closed in 1977.
Friday, Mayor Muriel Bowser also announced a new cabinet official at the event. Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Christopher E. Weaver was named as the new Director of DC Department of General Services.
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