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Old 04-22-2015, 04:54 PM
 
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Where is this "plenty of room" for right of way? 35+ people in Vienna will probably lose their homes over this nonsense.

While there should be more high-density development around Dunn Lorring Metro, there is a lot of development over there now, taking care of that.

Widening I-66 Could Affect up to 35 Homes | NBC4 Washington
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Old 04-22-2015, 05:53 PM
 
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Where is this "plenty of room" for right of way? 35+ people in Vienna will probably lose their homes over this nonsense.

While there should be more high-density development around Dunn Lorring Metro, there is a lot of development over there now, taking care of that.

Widening I-66 Could Affect up to 35 Homes | NBC4 Washington
That article is referring to 66 outside the Beltway. What has that got to do with inside the Beltway?
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Old 04-22-2015, 05:57 PM
 
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I guess Arlington feels it must look out for it's own interests....because the folks commuting through from their faux stone and vinyl sided palaces out in Timbuktu sure as hell won't.
I have no problem with Arlington defending its interests. The question was related to deciding things "communally". If all the decisions are for Arlington, while saying, "too bad" to everyone else, then that is not deciding things "communally".
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Old 04-22-2015, 06:10 PM
 
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That article is referring to 66 outside the Beltway. What has that got to do with inside the Beltway?
Nothing I guess, but I didn't know that they were planning on taking THAT much land outside of Vienna.
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Old 04-22-2015, 06:11 PM
 
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I have no problem with Arlington defending its interests. The question was related to deciding things "communally". If all the decisions are for Arlington, while saying, "too bad" to everyone else, then that is not deciding things "communally".
Nor is deciding in favor of everyone outside the Beltway but ignoring the objections of those in Arlington and Falls Church.

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Old 04-22-2015, 06:33 PM
 
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Nor is deciding in favor of everyone outside the Beltway but ignoring the objections of those in Arlington and Falls Church.
I will probably feel a slight bit of schadenfreude after 66 is widened, when people still have hellish commutes. Because that is what will happen. I'm trying to muster up a bit of sympathy, but it just is not coming to me. I avoid 66 like the plague, because it seems to have bumper-to-bumper traffic 24 hours a day in spots. Widening the road will not fix that. There are some larger issues at play here.
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Old 04-22-2015, 06:36 PM
 
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I'm an Arlington home-owner in the Clarendon-Courthouse Civic Association and am strongly in favor of widening I-66 to 3 lanes inside the Beltway assuming the current HOV restrictions remain in place. While I walk to work every day for my commute to work, the constant congestion on I-66 inside the beltway negatively impacts my quality of life by making it impossible for me to drive to Tysons, Reston, Dulles Airport, and the Mosiac District on nights and weekends. The constant congestion also negatively impacts our County and Falls Church because there is a ton of cut-thru traffic on Broad St, Route 50, and Route 29 from vehicles bypassing I-66.
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Old 04-22-2015, 06:36 PM
 
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I will probably feel a slight bit of schadenfreude after 66 is widened, when people still have hellish commutes. Because that is what will happen. I'm trying to muster up a bit of sympathy, but it just is not coming to me. I avoid 66 like the plague, because it seems to have bumper-to-bumper traffic 24 hours a day. Widening the road will not fix that. There are some larger issues at play here.
Fahrenschadenfreude! Or perhaps fahrschmerzfreude.

I sure hope it doesn't happen. I can already hear it from my backyard at night.
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Old 04-22-2015, 09:21 PM
 
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Nor is deciding in favor of everyone outside the Beltway but ignoring the objections of those in Arlington and Falls Church.
Exactly! I would rather see everyone put their heads together and come up with solutions that benefits everyone.
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Old 04-23-2015, 04:55 AM
 
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Exactly! I would rather see everyone put their heads together and come up with solutions that benefits everyone.
And we already did--back in the '70s. The solution was to build 66 but keep it to two lanes each way inside the Beltway. A reasonable compromise that has served fairly well.

So we have to remember that Arlington has already met the exurbs halfway--by relenting on the construction of I-66 and then putting up with it all these years.
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