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Don’t Derail This Train!

February 7th, 2008 categories: Local Issues, Loudoun County

Living in Northern Virginia is great. We are close to the city, not too far from the mountains, all the shopping a woman could want (my wife says this), and we have the Redskins, (at least their practice field).

Nevertheless, if you were to ask people the number one complaint about living here it is the TRAFFIC.

Everything that has been built or planned off of the Route 7 Corridor of Fairfax and Loudoun County in the last few years has had in mind the extension of the metro from the Orange Line in Falls Church to Ashburn. We thought redemption was close. Even builders included the extension of the metro as part of their sales pitch of why “This” was a great location for appreciation.

Not Too Fast…

It appears that this train is close to being derailed because of the FTA trying to pull funding because of increased costs. Think of that… The government is playing the frugal card.

I like the frugal card. I am a tight myself. However, in my opinion, this is a project that must continue. The toll road has no room for more lanes, route 7 is a quicker on a bike, and there seems to be no end to people moving to this area (which is a good thing).

The metro will not fix all of the traffic issues but it sure will help. It is said that it would cut back on as many of 4 new lanes of roadway. It will also cut down on gasoline expense, which I like. The good news is that Gov. Kaine is working to resolve the issue and there are a lot of stubborn people in Northern VA that will fight or complain until we get this train moving.