More beltway-billion madness. Will we ever learn?

Taxpayer's Dollars, Developers' Dream Road - Piedmont Environmental Council: "This designation places the sprawl-inducing Outer Beltway above real transportation solutions that would relieve traffic problems in Northern Virginia if constructed. The cost of building this segment of the Outer Beltway would run in the billions of dollars, depending on whether the road is four, six, or eight lanes wide. This past General Assembly Session, Governor McDonnell introduced a bill that gives VDOT access to extraordinary amounts of funding for new transportation projects. This legislation allows the state to borrow up to $4 billion for new construction."

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It’s time we stopped living with roads that are killing us - Greater Greater Washington

It’s time we stopped living with roads that are killing us - Greater Greater Washington: "Where does the blame rest? The sad fact is that we—our society as a whole—created this problem. That's because we relentlessly build communities that aren't safe to walk in."

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