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Early Dulles Rail work gets millions from feds
- Federal transportation officials have opened up $159 million for early work on the Dulles Rail project, allowing managers to commit part of a critical infusion of federal funding to clearing the path of the Metro extension.
Fairfax: Millions needed in improvements to accompany rail
- Fairfax County wants Virginia officials to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to make the Dulles Rail extension’s Metro stations more accessible to walkers, bus riders and motorists.
- Fairfax County wants Virginia officials to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to make the Dulles Rail extension’s Metro stations more accessible to walkers, bus riders and motorists.
Toll road lawsuit may still snag revived Dulles Rail construction
- The Dulles Rail project’s largest source of funding remains threatened by a lawsuit being considered by the Virginia Supreme Court, despite its resurrection this week
Rail decision thrusts Tysons development back to forefront
- The Federal Transit Administration’s announcement Wednesday that it would tentatively move the Dulles Rail project forward resurrects a plan to triple or even quadruple development in Tysons Corner, promising to reignite a battle over growth and traffic in Fairfax County’s traffic-clogged “downtown.”
Rail project hinges on Metro repairs
- Metro and the governments that fund it must find a way to pay for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of urgent repairs to the transit system for the Dulles Rail expansion to receive federal funding, U.S. transportation officials said Wednesday.
Dulles Rail funding decision expected soon
- Supporters of the Dulles Metrorail extension expect an imminent decision on key federal funding while government staffers cite “positive progress” on negotiations to salvage the project.
Project opponents start petition, consider filing a legal challenge
- A group that mounted an abortive lawsuit last year to undo a Fairfax County tax district that helps fund the Dulles Rail project expects to start another legal challenge, the group’s leader said Monday.
Kaine attacks ‘willy-nilly’ plan to rebid rail to Dulles
- Gov. Tim Kaine on Tuesday attacked a Virginia House measure that would force him to re-bid the ailing Dulles Rail project, arguing it would scrap a contract “willy-nilly” and deter companies from doing business with the commonwealth.
Dulles Rail faces new bids
- A provision tucked in a state budget bill in an 11th-hour attempt to salvage Dulles Rail would force the Kaine administration to put the project out for new bids and address criticisms from a 2007 federal audit.
- A provision tucked in a state budget bill in an 11th-hour attempt to salvage Dulles Rail would force the Kaine administration to put the project out for new bids and address criticisms from a 2007 federal audit.
Bus advocates see opening as Dulles rail falters
- Lawmakers who support adding a system of swift-moving buses throughout the Dulles corridor, instead of heavy rail, are intensifying their push as the planned Dulles Metro extension falters.
Kaine: State still fighting for Dulles Rail extension
- Gov. Timothy Kaine is willing to discuss tweaking plans for the long-awaited extension of Metrorail to Dulles International Airport if it leads to federal funding.
- Gov. Timothy Kaine is willing to discuss tweaking plans for the long-awaited extension of Metrorail to Dulles International Airport if it leads to federal funding.
Kaine: Changes could save Dulles Rail
- Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, in his response Friday defending the Dulles Rail project to federal transportation officials, suggested the Metrorail extension could be changed to preserve the "shared goal of rail in the Dulles corridor."
- Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, in his response Friday defending the Dulles Rail project to federal transportation officials, suggested the Metrorail extension could be changed to preserve the "shared goal of rail in the Dulles corridor."
Metro's Catoe downplays letter blasting Dulles Rail heads
- Metro General Manager John Catoe dismissed as "routine" a senior staffer's criticism of Dulles rail project managers over unresolved technical problems, arguing U.S. transportation officials and the media have overblown the January memo's significance.
- Metro General Manager John Catoe dismissed as "routine" a senior staffer's criticism of Dulles rail project managers over unresolved technical problems, arguing U.S. transportation officials and the media have overblown the January memo's significance.