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To: george76

$3.5 - 4 b, and all you get is 11 1/2 measly miles of track?


4 posted on 09/23/2010 9:50:05 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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To: eclecticEel

Your tax dollars at work.

Much of new burden falls on car drivers who are not using the train.


5 posted on 09/23/2010 9:57:43 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: eclecticEel

$4B apparently doesn’t go as far as it used to these days!!


6 posted on 09/23/2010 9:59:13 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: eclecticEel
$3.5 - 4 b, and all you get is 11 1/2 measly miles of track?

They have to dig large holes under high-density areas that include Tyson's Corner. Presumably they are trying to avoid having any large buildings fall down in the process.

10 posted on 09/23/2010 10:12:47 PM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: eclecticEel

They could have done this 25 years ago for far less. They didn’t because Congress was determined to keep National Open. It was their private airport.


17 posted on 09/24/2010 12:37:03 AM PDT by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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