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We need the rail
Here's to hoping that efforts to extend the metro to Dulles International Airport do not die. Loudoun County can use the service.
The metro can help us take traffic off our roads and will provide an alternative to toll roads for drivers. If I am going to pay to travel, why not sit and relax on the metro during rush hour. I would rather see a rail extension than a federal tax refund.
New communities such as One Loudoun will make such a service a necessity. Our roads are getting clogged. Such an extension will also assist in efforts for the area to become more fuel efficient.
If Loudoun wants to become a "green" county, the extension might make at least the environmentalists happy. Those who are concerned that the metro might bring unwanted city residents from Fairfax and DC should not worry because the county's population is rising already. The metro will not change what is already reality for Loudoun County.
Perhaps the reason why the project my get canned is that there are too many powerful interests groups that do not want the project to happen. Elected leaders have already trimmed the project to the point where it might not be feasible anyways. The state benefits from toll road revenues that a metro extension might draw from ultimately, so why would Richmond want the project to happen?
Hopefully federal leaders will give more complete answers as to why the project could be scrapped. After all the years of anticipation to the possible project, the public deserves to know why it might be shelved.
We need to push our federal and state leaders for answers.
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