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\"\"<\/a>Tunnel supporters sue to halt rail line<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Examiner<\/i>
As expected, TysonsTunnel.org<\/span><\/a> has moved from being a lobbying organization to a litigating one.<\/p>\n

Tysonstunnel.org, a group that has sought for more than a year to persuade officials to run the planned Dulles rail line underneath Tysons Corner, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday aiming to halt the entire project until its plan is reconsidered<\/p>\n

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Tysonstunnel.org also is seeking to put the project out to competitive bidding, which it argues never occurred under the project’s public-private partnership<\/span>. The lawsuit says the FTA cannot approve the rail project because it does not follow its guidelines for “full and open competition.”<\/p>\n

“We don’t want it stopped, we want it corrected so we can move forward,” Tysonstunnel president Scott Monett said. “That’s what we have been saying from the beginning. … What we’re asking them to do is follow their own rules that if a project is to receive federal funds that it be competitively bid.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emphasis added — I’m mostly concerned about the lack of competitive bidding or open records more than whether the tracks will go under or above ground. If it makes fiscally sense to put build elevated tracks, that’s fine. The problem is that the numbers for each type of project have not been made available to the public.<\/p>\n

Tysons Tunnel sues FTA<\/b><\/a> – The Fairfax County Times<\/i><\/p>\n

Metro<\/a>, WMATA<\/a>, Mass Transit<\/a>, subway<\/a>, Tyson’s Corner<\/a>, Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n

©MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tunnel supporters sue to halt rail line – The Wash. ExaminerAs expected, TysonsTunnel.org has moved from being a lobbying organization to a litigating one. 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