Washington Gas agreed to clean up the toxic chemicals leaking from one of its old plants along the Anacostia River, the D.C. Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday.
The legal development comes as the D.C. Council gave final approval last week to a new stadium deal for the RFK site that sits on the river’s west bank.
The future home of Washington’s NFL team is set to anchor a bustling restaurant, housing and entertainment mecca by 2030, when the stadium is scheduled to open.
Residents and visitors will also have access to a 30-acre strip of parkland along the Anacostia — making the efforts to clean and beautify the waterway all the more prudent.