Alexandria staff picks its preferred Potomac Yard Metro station site

Alexandria staff’s pick for a new Potomac Yard Metro station site is the one that promises the biggest bang for the buck, the one the area’s largest landowners wanted, and the one those landowners have agreed to partially fund.

Of the four potential sites reviewed as part of the Environmental Impact Statement process, the selected Alternative B “yields the most economic benefit for the city,” according to the staff report, issued Friday. Located just east of the existing CSX tracks, a quarter mile…