Author Archives: Bryan
Transform I-66 Outside-the-Beltway UPDATE Meeting 9/12/2018 8:00pm, Providence Community Center
Everyone is encouraged to attend a meeting with VDOT and its private concessionaire company who is expanding I-66 from the Capital Beltway to Haymarket, Virginia. Transform I-66 Outside-the-Beltway UPDATE Meeting Presenter: Virginia Department of Transportation and Express Mobility Partners (private … Continue reading
Where Should I-66 Outside the Beltway Toll Money Go? CTB Wants Your Input.
Where would you like to see the I-66 Outside-the-Beltway toll money go that is leftover after the private toll company pays construction bond interest and takes their cut? The Commonwealth Transportation Board already has some ideas. Incredibly, one of them … Continue reading
Comment on I-66 Design by November 29
VDOT is accepting comments on the “final” I-66 freeway design through Wednesday, November 29, 2017. It is hard to say what the final design is for a design/build project until construction is well underway, but please send in your comments. … Continue reading
Arlington Seeks I-66 Outside the Beltway Funds for East Falls Church Improvements Inside the Beltway
In a few months, VDOT will turn the switch on its new tolls of I-66 Inside the Beltway. Commuters at rush hour in the peak direction on all lanes of I-66 can pay a toll without 2 people in the … Continue reading
VDOT I-66 Public Meetings: June 12-15
VDOT is planning a new round of I-66 Public Meetings this month to disclose the latest information about their 24 hour construction noise over the next 5 years, their new plans to put heavy tractor trailers in the 70 MPH … Continue reading
Ready for Cintra in Virginia?
The Virginia Department of Transportation is handing over the keys for Interstate 66 to I-66 Express Mobility Partners, a consortium of Cintra and Ferrovial of Spain, among other firms. So how is Cintra doing in their other United States ventures? … Continue reading
VDOT Scraps Plan for Flyover Ramp at Dunn Loring Metro Station
The announcement last month that the state is officially cancelling the ill-conceived plan to build a bridge structure over Dunn Loring Metro station is certainly good news. It is an example of what citizens can accomplish when they get involved. … Continue reading