{"id":2882,"date":"2008-01-17T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/fta-getting-cold-feet-about-tysons-dulles-metro.html"},"modified":"2008-01-17T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-17T10:36:00","slug":"fta-getting-cold-feet-about-tysons-dulles-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/fta-getting-cold-feet-about-tysons-dulles-metro\/","title":{"rendered":"FTA getting cold feet about Tysons-Dulles Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/beltway\/metro_tiny.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/beltway\/metro_tiny.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/01\/16\/AR2008011604242.html?hpid=topnews\"><b>Federal Qualms Leave Dulles Rail at Risk<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Concerns over the contractor chosen to build the Silver Line, connecting Loudoun County and West Falls Church via Dulles Airport and Tysons, has put the project in jeopardy. Oddly enough, the contractor in question is not named in the article, but looking at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/22\/AR2007032201928_2.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">a previous story<\/span><\/a> on the subject indicates the contractor is Bechtel. Unfortunately, Bechtel was the primary contractor on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/12\/big-dig-officially-done-next-monday.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Boston&#8217;s Big Dig<\/span><\/a>, notorious for massive cost overruns. Maybe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/dulles-corridor-metro-extension.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">shrouding the whole process in secrecy<\/span><\/a> has backfired.<\/p>\n<p>I am really annoyed that this is going on. I&#8217;m mad at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which plans to build the line. I&#8217;m mad a Virginia for not being upfront throughout the process and I&#8217;m mad at the federal government for dragging their feet too.<\/p>\n<p>I do thank <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Adrian Fenty<\/span>, mayor of Washington D.C. and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Martin O&#8217;Malley<\/span>, governor of Maryland, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-1163330~Fenty__O_Malley_back_Dulles_Rail_as_federal_funding_decision_looms.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">for supporting the project<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Examiner<\/span>) though.<\/p>\n<p>I think and hope this project is an &#8220;when, not if&#8221; situation, but I&#8217;m getting frustrated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Metro\" rel=\"tag\">Metro<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WMATA\" rel=\"tag\">WMATA<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/MassTransit\" rel=\"tag\">Mass Transit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/subway\" rel=\"tag\">subway<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/TysonsCorner\" rel=\"tag\">Tyson&#8217;s Corner<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Virginia\" rel=\"tag\">Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Qualms Leave Dulles Rail at Risk &#8211; The PostConcerns over the contractor chosen to build the Silver Line, connecting Loudoun County and West Falls Church via Dulles Airport and Tysons, has put the project in jeopardy. Oddly enough, the contractor in question is not named in the article, but looking at a previous story [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,26,39,88,97,99,102],"tags":[602,604,645,1133,1289,1646,1725,1886,1952],"class_list":["post-2882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beltwayland","category-fairfax-county","category-metro","category-silver-line","category-transportation","category-tysons","category-virginia","tag-dulles-corridor-metrorail-project","tag-dulles-transit-partners","tag-fairfax-county","tag-metropolitan-washington-airports-authority","tag-northern-virginia","tag-silver-line","tag-subways","tag-virginia","tag-wmata"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FTA getting cold feet about Tysons-Dulles Metro - William F. 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