The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to use the land in squares 354 and 355 in the District of Columbia, and the water frontage on the Washington Channel of the Potomac River lying south of Maine Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets, including the buildings and wharves thereon, for the proposed Southwest Freeway and Washington Channel approaches thereto, and for the redevelopment of the Southwest area of the District of Columbia pursuant to authority contained in subchapter I of Chapter 3 of Title 6.
D.C. Code § 9-101.17