Thursday, March 23, 2006
Va.: Cost Dooms Metro Plan For Tunnel At Tysons
Cost Dooms Metro Plan For Tunnel At Tysons
By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 24, 2006; Page A01
A plan for Metro trains to rumble under the heart of Tysons Corner through a tunnel was rejected by the project managers yesterday as too expensive, a decision that could further jeopardize Fairfax County's grand vision of remaking Tysons into an urban-style, pedestrian-friendly downtown for Northern Virginia.
The Virginia transportation commissioner and Metro officials had, in recent months, urged the project managers to use an advanced technology to build a tunnel under Tysons, saying it would be easier for the area to develop into a true urban center -- and simpler to build the project without aboveground disruptions -- if there weren't elevated tracks slicing across it.
This project gets more expensive as we go along - but then, consider that the original "Adopted Regional System" for Washington's Metrorail was estimated to cost $2.55 billion in 1969, but ended up costing at least $9 billion, and maybe as much as $12 billion, depending on how inflation is accounted for.
By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 24, 2006; Page A01
A plan for Metro trains to rumble under the heart of Tysons Corner through a tunnel was rejected by the project managers yesterday as too expensive, a decision that could further jeopardize Fairfax County's grand vision of remaking Tysons into an urban-style, pedestrian-friendly downtown for Northern Virginia.
The Virginia transportation commissioner and Metro officials had, in recent months, urged the project managers to use an advanced technology to build a tunnel under Tysons, saying it would be easier for the area to develop into a true urban center -- and simpler to build the project without aboveground disruptions -- if there weren't elevated tracks slicing across it.
This project gets more expensive as we go along - but then, consider that the original "Adopted Regional System" for Washington's Metrorail was estimated to cost $2.55 billion in 1969, but ended up costing at least $9 billion, and maybe as much as $12 billion, depending on how inflation is accounted for.
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