During a particular heavy, but fairly common, DC area rain storm, I happened upon the previously undiscovered Grand Fountains of Metro sculpture, hovering 40 feet above traffic in Tysons.
Who knew Bechtel had such master craftsman skills to create what will surely be one of the modern wonders of the world? The Grand Fountains of Metro is a seamless integration of the new Silver Line metro and a placemaking…
Wait, this wasn’t on purpose? And it’s above what is planned to be a heavily traversed sidewalk connecting thousands of residents in Eastern Tysons living at the Commons of McLean and Scotts Run South. This seems like a pretty big problem, considering most of the time contractors and designers will avoiding gushing water spurting from the track walls, and opt for a more traditional pipe that carries the water away without splashing a showers worth of water on pedestrians.
The problem occurs at the intersection of the Dulles Toll On-ramp/Anderson Road with Dolley Madison Boulevard.
The positive side of this, WMATA can set up a impromptu car wash at this location any time it rains and maybe make some extra revenue. I know it’s not fair to blame WMATA for this, considering this is solely the fault of MWAA and Bechtel. I hope someone takes a look at this condition, I have no idea what the issue is here, but this can’t possibly be the design intent for the drainage at this location.