ALEXANDRIA, VA – The question of the day was thus: Could a two-mile sewage tunnel, 12-feet wide, running 115-160 feet underneath Alexandria, be a thing of, well, beauty? Oh, yes, it can be; just ask Alexandria’s Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley.

“When you think about what it’s going to accomplish, absolutely,” she said proudly, under azure-blue skies on Sunday, as an endless stream of traffic from Reagan National Airport flew overhead.

“It’s going to keep sewage off of our streets, out of people’s homes, and out of the Potomac River.” Among the small but enthusiastic crowd of project supporters at the celebration, which took place at Oronoco Bay Park, one woman sported a “Hazel” T-shirt, in homage to the massive tunnel boring machine that carved out the tunnel.

The tunnel, in turn, is named in h

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