The D.C. government is announcing a deal that aims to open up more waterfront land around Georgetown to everyone who might want to enjoy it. Land swap will open up more waterfront land around Georgetown to the public

The deal involves land owned by the National Park Service and Georgetown University that runs along the water, or in the shadow of the Key Bridge.

Once signed, it would transfer a piece of land on the east side of the Key Bridge to D.C., and land that’s on the west side of the bridge to Georgetown University. NPS would take over control of land further upstream, that’s currently owned by Georgetown, and add it to the C&O Canal boundary.

It’s a deal that D.C. Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Nina Albert said has been about a decade in the making.

The deal “will allow

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