This Saturday and Sunday, the Georgetown Business Improvement District will widen sidewalks on the 3300 block of M Street by eight whole feet to accommodate increased foot traffic from Georgetown University and George Washington University graduations. To lessen the sidewalk expansion’s impact on drivers, the BID is offering $5 all-day parking at the PMI parking structure at 3307 M St. NW. Northbound Circulator busses, meanwhile, will offer free rides from K Street up into Georgetown.
BID put a similar plan into work earlier this year to accommodate tourists for the Cherry Blossom Festival and the Georgetown French Market. The business organization also widened the sidewalks for Georgetown University and George Washington University’s overlapping parents’ weekend in the fall.
The widening is a key part of the Georgetown 2028 15-year action plan, which aims improve the business district by modernizing aspects of the historic neighborhood and upgrading how Washingtonians access it.
