WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. officials shared a draft master plan of the upcoming RFK Stadium and what the campus will look like. The multimillion-dollar development project is set to break ground by the summer of 2027 in Ward 7.

7News spoke to long-time D.C. and Ward 7 residents who live right next to and will be most impacted by what happens on the campus. The Office of D.C. Planning said it was their voices that played a role in what you’re about to see in this plan.

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Alexis Pazmino is one of the hundreds of residents and thousands of online comments that the office of planning said the plan considered.

“We came to all the meetings, we filled out all the surveys, and we responded resoundingly with, ‘Please don’t put a parking garage here. Please don’t slice through our green space with a giant road’ and they did both,” said Pazmino. “We did everything we possibly could that they asked for. And they’ve done basically nothing that we’ve asked for.”

The designs show the six sections that the D.C. Office of Planning said the 180-acre space will be divided into: the stadium, plaza, riverfront, Kingman, recreation, and swirl facility grounds.

Long-time Ward 7 neighbor Jimmie Williams said the master plan is what he imagined when he first supported the project.

“I looked at them, and I found them impressive,” said Williams. “Of course, the devil is always in the details. But overall, when you look at it, it’s a win for D.C. in terms of tax revenue, bringing 30% affordable housing.”

Anita Cozart is the director of the D.C. Office of Planning.

“What we did with this master plan is understand that opening day, there’s a need for about 8,000 parking spaces provided through structured garages, but also, throughout the site,” said Cozart. “As the site evolves over time, other commercial uses, other housing units will have parking associated with them as well. So, what we did was really try to create a framework for how that would manifest and what design considerations are.”

The stadium sits in the midst of the Kingman Park Neighborhood. This shows the two parking garages and the new road families said they did not want across from their homes, and cutting through their neighborhood.

“You know, it’s frustrating because it doesn’t feel like our input was put into this draft,” said Pazmino. “All we can do is continue to advocate for ourselves in this comment period.”

This is one of the city’s largest projects. Those disappointed and those ecstatic about the current plan said they still want it to show more of what will be done to support the people of D.C.

“I really did expect a little bit more on the job, and job creation,” said Williams. “Secondly, I really want to see breakdowns about the youth impact and the community environmental impact. I want to see that addressed in more detail.”

The office of planning said the master plan still has to go through the D.C. Council for approval.