Greetings First Street Tunnel Stakeholders,

Below are FST community updates covering the remainder of December and early January.

Updated!

Upcoming Holiday Construction Schedule: Construction will continue

through today, December 23, and will resume on Monday, December 28, 2015. Construction will continue through Thursday, December 31, until 5 PM. Construction will resume
on Monday, January 4, 2016. Both holiday weekends will be free of First Street Tunnel
construction activities.

Updated!

Lucy, our tunnel boring machine, has reached her destination! In the early
evening of Sunday, December 20, 2015, Lucy successfully reached her final destination at
First Street and Rhode Island Avenue, NW.
Construction Activities at V Street: Concrete deliveries will continue. Trucks will be entering all three
sides of the VS-CSA. The contractor will use the north and south sides of First Street for concrete pours associated
with the two diversion chambers near First Street. The V Street entrance/exit is being used for soil excavation haulout from the third diversion chamber located adjacent to the DC Water project site office at 2036 First
Street. Reminder: Once the contractor starts a concrete pour, it has to be continuous until completed; at times,
then, we may go beyond the scheduled work hours.

Construction Activities at Adams Street and Flagler Place: The contractor has completed the first
80 feet of the 300-foot-long adit tunnel. The remaining 220 feet of adit tunneling will be constructed using a
micro tunnel boring machine (MTBM). As you may recall, the MTBM will interface with the new First Street
Tunnel under the corner of First and Adams Street. In addition to ongoing adit construction, there are additional
concrete pours scheduled from Flagler Place in order to complete the diversion chamber within this site. We
completed the adit excavation and are starting the concrete liner. There remains a section for the adit that requires a
different construction method. Around the middle of January, SKJD will be bringing in support gear for the MTBM
assembly, with some equipment that is approximately 16 feet tall. Therefore, residents should expect the interior of
the construction staging area to change for the mining of the remainder of the adit.

Construction Activities at Thomas Street: At the pump station, DC Water is currently installing a 16inch force main across First Street from Thomas Street to the alley behind the Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. Traffic is
restricted to one lane with flaggers. This construction should be completed by the end of December.

Next Tunnel Forum Meeting: The next Tunnel Forum meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 28, 2016
at 7 PM. The meeting location will be St. Georges Episcopal Church at 160 U Street NW. Hope to see you there!

Please continue to check our web site for updated project information
(http://dcwater.com/workzones/projects/first_street_tunnel/). And, as always, feel free to contact us directly if
you have any concerns or questions. If you have a concern or complaint about ongoing construction, please call the
24/7 Hotline at 1-844-FST-INFO (1-844-378-4636).

The First Street Tunnel Team wishes all our

Bloomingdale neighbors a safe and happy holiday season,
The FST Outreach Team
Tom Lindberg, DCCR First Street Tunnel - Public Outreach | DC Clean Rivers Project
DC Water | 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW | Washington, DC 20032 | t (202) 787-4738
f (202) 787-4478 | Email: thomas.lindberg@dcwater.com
FST web page: http://dcwater.com/workzones/projects/first_street_tunnel/