Torian Wants Rail to Woodbridge
Del. Luke Torian co-signed a letter sent Wednesday to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority asking that updates to metro maps show stations in Fort Belvoir and Woodbridge
Del. Luke Torian joined two other democratic lawmakers this week to ask the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to include rail stations in Fort Belvoir and Woodbridge when it updates the Metro map this year. Torian, Del. Scott Surovell and Sen. Toddy Puller all co-signed the letter to MWAA board members urging them to conceptualize the extension of the Yellow Line to Fort Belvoir and the Blue Line intro Woodbridge. The Metro map hasn't been redesigned in 40 years, the letter states. The Silver Line that extends rail from Falls Church to Dulles International Airport and eastern Loudoun County will be put on the map. The three Virginia lawmakers' push for getting the stations on the new map might just be an early attempt to see if …
Rob Whitfield
10:52 am on Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Dan: This may be news to some Prince William County political candidates but the Metro Washington Airports Authority is not responsible for planning new Metrorail routes. Try the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority -but hang on to your wallets very tightly. WMATA wants Prince William taxpayers money to help pay for decades of neglect and mismanagement of the existing 106 mile system. Heavy … more ›