Local Group Concerned About Traffic Impacts of Dulles Metrorail Project

The Reston 2020 Committee recently expressed concern about Dulles Toll Road rates sending increasing traffic onto local streets because of the costs of the Dulles Metrorail Project, according to The Washington Post.

The Reston 2020 Committee is predicting that traffic on weekdays on Route 7 and other secondary roads in Herndon and Reston may increase by 30,000 vehicles in 2014, which is slated to be the first full year of the Dulles Metrorail’s operation. The toll rate by 2014 is expected to be $4.50 each way.

“The tolls will be doubling in 2014,” Terry Maynard told The Washington Post. “That’s going to drive a large portion of toll road traffic to local roads, and the local roads are already crowded. The congestion will be that much worse.” Maynard is a member of the Reston 2020 Committee, as well as a member of the group’s board.

Phase one of the Dulles Metrorail Project is expected to open in late 2013, while construction on phase two is slated to begin in January 2013.

To read the full article, including information on the report the Reston 2020 Committee based its findings on, visit The Washington Post online.