One road. One solution. Two plans. That’s the approach the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is taking with its latest attempt to rectify ever-increasing congestion on Interstate 66, Northern Virginia’s primary east-west corridor into Washington, D.C.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has held conversations with five teams about the potential of using private dollars to help finance the addition of 25 miles of HOT lanes along I-66 between the Capital Beltway and Haymarket.
After years of litigation, dueling studies, and finger-pointing, the combatants in the long-running dispute over replacing the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on North Carolina’s Outer Banks have finally found common ground. And, it’s the kind you can build on.
How eager are proponents of Maryland’s proposed Purple Line light rail system to woo the state’s skeptical governor? How about pitching a site visit with a supersized “engraved invitation?”
The Virginia Beach, Va., City Council endorsesHampton Road Transit’s ongoing planning studies for an extension of the existing Tide system and including $20 million for the project in its FY 2016 budget.
This week, the first precast concrete guide rail support girders for the Metrorail Silver Line will be installed at Washington Dulles International Airport.
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Thanks for sharing, Jim.
The Silver Line (and the whole WMATA system, for that matter) is not light rail. I'd call it heavy rail.
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