Fairfax supervisors back Dulles rail compromise, with conditions
By Ann E. Marimow
Washington Post
7/26/2011
"Clearing the way for talks to continue this week on the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday endorsed the outlines of a compromise between the local, state and federal players paying for the multibillion-dollar project.
The deal, brokered by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, is designed to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from the $3.5 billion cost of the second phase of the rail line from Wiehle Avenue to Loudoun County, in part to slow future increases in rates on the Dulles Toll Road...."
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