Take a walk on Green Street

The reconstruction of Decatur Street, in the Prince George’s County Town of Edmonston, will make it an environmentally-responsible street saving energy, reducing water pollution to the Anacostia River and Chesapeake Bay, and improving local air quality.
Plans for the mile-long street include planting dozens of native trees, installing rain gardens and porous paving to filter rainwater and reduce flooding, building bike lanes, improving pedestrian safety, and using energy-saving street lights powered by wind.
Edmonston’s Mayor Adam Ortiz said the $1.1 million in Recovery Act funding from EPA will make Decatur Street the greenest on the East Coast.