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Va. seeks remedy for Mark Center commuting crunch

A plan to move thousands of federal jobs to Alexandria next year has left Virginia transportation officials looking for a last-minute solution to ease a corresponding commuting crunch.

Tags: Virginia , HOT lanes , Mark Center , Alexandria , I-95 , I-395 , Hank Silverberg , BRAC

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Audit to show mismanagement at VDOT

Virginia's transportation secretary says personnel and policy changes are coming to the agency.

Tags: audit , VDOT , Barack Obama , stimulus , Sprawl & Crawl , Adam Tuss , Virginia Department of Transportation

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LaHood tries to iron out Dulles Rail problems

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is trying everyone involved in the huge Northern Virginia transportation project on the same page.

Tags: Dulles Rail Project , Dulles International Airport , Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority , VDOT , Sprawl & Crawl , Adam Tuss

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More toll hikes could be coming to the area

Enjoy this weekend's drive while you can, because it might cost you more the next time around.

Tags: Politics Program with Mark Plotkin , Tolls , Dulles Rail Project , Dulles Toll Road

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Some relief for beleaguered Virginia 'sluggers'

The expansion of the Potomac Mills Mall that led to the loss of more than 700 park-and-ride spaces has sent hundreds of commuters scrambling for alternatives.

Tags: prince william , Virginia Department of Transportation , slug lines

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Small change could have big effect for I-66 commuters

If you travel on Interstate 66 on weekends or during off-peak hours your life could get a bit easier at the end of the month.

Tags: I-66 , Virginia Department of Transportation , Virginia Transportation Secretary , HOV , HOV lanes , Hank Silverberg

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Arlington County drops HOT lanes lawsuit

Just days after Virginia announced the state would move ahead with the I-95/I-395 HOT lanes project, Arlington County has dropped the lawsuit that has delayed the project for months.

Tags: HOT lanes , I-95 , I-395 , Capital Beltway , Chris Zimmerman , Hank Silverberg , Sprawl & Crawl

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Next destination for HOT lanes may be I-66

"We do believe HOT lanes have a great future in this region," says Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton.

Tags: Interstate 66 , Orange Line , Virginia Department of Transportation , Capital Beltway , Dulles Toll Road , HOT lanes , Sprawl & Crawl , Adam Tuss , I-66 , High Occupancy Toll lanes , Sprawl and Crawl

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VDOT audit shows $500M went unspent

The Virginia Department of Transportation failed to spend hundreds of millions of dollars as it deferred maintenance projects and shut rest stops, an audit concludes.

Tags: mismanagement at VDOT , VDOT , audit , Bob McDonnell , Virginia Department of Transportation , Adam Tuss , Colleen Kelleher

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Wolf: Dulles Greenway tolls 'highway robbery'

Rep. Frank Wolf wrote a letter to Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton, urging Connaughton to support state legislation to roll back the tolls along the Dulles Greenway.

Tags: Dulles Toll Road , Frank Wolf , toll roads , Macquerie Group , Route 28 , Bob Kur , Dulles Greenway

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