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Category Archives: Transportation Planning
VDOT and Toll Contractors Plan New Looping Roller Coaster Nutley Street Interchange Design
This fall, VDOT has been hard at work releasing changes to I-66 design plans, and there still is no public meeting announced to communicate the latest designs. Who knows what other secret changes are lurking behind locked doors at VDOT … Continue reading
VDOT’s I-66 Project Seeks to Sneak More Design Changes Without Public Process
Not content with merely adding tractor-trailers and hazardous material tanker trucks to the I-66 “Express Lanes” after the public review and environmental hearings concluded, VDOT and its chosen contractors are seeking more unfavorable changes. VDOT’s chosen contractor I66 Express Mobility … 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
Virginia Legislators Push to Move I-66 Bike & Pedestrian Trail Outside Highway Wall
Eighteen members of the Virginia General Assembly have written Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne a letter to request significant changes to the planned I-66 shared use trail. The primary concern is where this bicycling and walking trail would go in the … Continue reading
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Express Lanes are a Traffic Solution?
A common refrain that we hear is that we need to build Express Lanes to “solve” congestion issues. Sounds great! While listening to planning presentations, traffic “studies,” contractor models, and official meetings, we hear about how much of an improvement … Continue reading
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What is VDOT Doing at Dunn Loring?
Transform 66 Wisely In-Depth Report VDOT and their private contractor currently plan to build a massive bridge over the Dunn Loring area, including the entire Metro station and Gallows Road. We named this designed bridge as the McAuliffe Bridge in … Continue reading
VDOT’s Planned New Bridge Over Gallows Road
What will the new bridge look like that VDOT & its Concessionaire (I-66 Express Mobility Partners) have been planning for us since last year? The tall bridge will pass over the Dunn Loring Metro station entrance and Gallows Road. Imagine … Continue reading
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VDOT Seeks Big I-66 Plan Changes and Towering Ramps over Dunn Loring
After a quiet few months, the Virginia Department of (Road) Transportation is getting ready to unveil some big changes to the I-66 widening venture. If the plans are adopted, new access ramps (to/from the west, in addition to prior east … Continue reading
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Virginia Chooses Spain’s Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte & Partners for I-66
Governor Terry McAuliffe (D-Virginia) and his Department of (Road) Transportation has chosen Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, (Cintra), S.A. of Spain to build the privatized toll lanes on I-66 from I-495 to Prince William County. Cintra will be joined by … Continue reading
I-66 Transformation is Another Transportation Mistake
Stuart Whitaker from Transiters wrote a great article that was published in the Washington Post. He makes the case why the “Transform 66” project is a terrible deal for taxpayers and commuters. The $2 Billion project is purportedly paid by … Continue reading
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