Funding Passed for Widening Of I-66 – The Post
One part of the I-66 widening inside the Capital Beltway (I-495) has been approved — extending the on-ramp from Fairfax Drive along the westbound lanes all the way to EXIT 69 Sycamore Street.

The move reversed a decision by the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board last month to strip the $75 million project from the region’s transportation plan. Yesterday, the swing votes were cast by two Fairfax County supervisors, Catherine M. Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill) and Linda Q. Smyth (D-Providence), who last month had voted against the project.

In exchange, the Virginia Department of Transportation assured the board that no further funding for the I-66 project beyond the first phase would be committed until several studies are completed. But, as some board members pointed out, that is not much of a concession, because the state does not have money to fund the other two phases of the project anyway.

They might as well not do anything until they extend that lane all the way to EXIT 67 Dulles Access/Toll Road. As for the transit alternatives that some Arlingtonians want there is one coming — the Silver Line. When I lived in Pentagon City, I have happily have taken Metro to Tysons everyday instead of driving.