Right now making history tonight. Philadelphia has become the first major city in the country to pass attacks on sugary and diet drinks that. Vote late this afternoon ended months of heated debate. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. City lawmakers passed the 1. 5 cents ounce tax by a vost 13 13four. Mayor jim kenney intends to use the millions raised for philadelphias pre k initiative, rec centers, other programs and the controversial decision to kick money into the general fu fund. Of course mayor kenney quiet pleased but not everyone is happy. Certainly a long road to get here, but this is the beginning of the process of changing the narrative of poverty in our ci city. Were all disappoint, because it creates attacks against the poor people of philadelphia. Mayor kenney says he plans to sign the legislation monday. The tax kicks in at the beginning of next year. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson spoke to one group supposed to benefit from the tax and joins us live at city hall tonigh
Beginning of next year. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson spoke to one group supposed to benefit from the tax and joins us live at city hall tonight. Shawnette . Reporter volunteers at one rec center say they have mixed concerns about this soda tax that is supposed to funnel money their way as well. They are concerned that they wont get as much money as they first thought despite the fact that they say theyve been operating for quite sometime with hardly any help from the city. We think right now, they dont wanted to nothing for us. Reporter keeping coleman says the condition of West Mill Creek rec center in west philly is the same as when our cameras were there more than two months ago. Nothing is really changed except for the fact that we know we going to have to pay more when we go to the corner store to buy beverage. Reporter he says the new tax on sugary drinks promises for community including city run neighborhood rec centers such as this one but hes not so sure. We dont actually know wha
Garrett is live outside that station. So what happens now . Reporter less city, you can think of this yearlong multipart state track program part of a movie franchise. We have the much hyped debut edition already behind us now. But starting tonight at midnight, phase two begins. And like every movie franchise, the sequel tends to be worst than the original. [ train whirring by ] reporter for the next 16 days, say goodbye crossing the Anacostia River like this. Starting at midnight, three metro lines that normally come into d. C. Through Prince Georges County will no longer do so. The potomac stop will be closed completely. If youre on the orange line, your stop stops at madison avenue. From there, you have to take a shuttle bus into eastern market. Much of this track is elevated, siking it harder to repair. This is zero track. And it has metro warning commuters to prepare for crowds, delays and worse. The morning commute will have ten times the amount of traffic. The local be hot. Repo
Found a discrepancy, the 1500 block of u street is zone 21764, check out the opposite side of the meter, a different code completely different zone. Someone got a ticket because of this issue. We brought this case to d dot. In regards to the latest ticket he excludessed two digits from his license plate number. Delia goncalves, wusa9. D dot works to make sure discrepancies are non existent. Turning to mission metro, tomorrow is the day metros major safety makeover is entering the new phase, biggest impact will hit riders in prince georges county. The crews are moving in on theing on, blue and silver lines. Tracks between minnesota and bending road and Eastern Market will be closed. That cuts off the main arte the monday morning commute will be ten times the amount of traffic, a hot bed. Service will be eliminated at two stations. This is a 16day shutdown, doesnt end until july 1st. More details on metro state track plan on our app. A dangerous stretch of road in Silver Springs claims t