They say it would create more delays, more noise for neighborhoods, and upset the balance of service at the region’s three airports.
Travel to Dulles will hopefully now be more seamless for passengers and employees. Previously, they would have to take the 5a bus or the Silver Line to Wiehle-Reston and catch a shuttle.
The fees would help pay for the construction of the Metro’s Silver Line project.
Following the death of the first U.S. Ebola patient, who traveled through Dulles Airport.
Lots of people need to get rid of their beverages before passing through airport security. Sometimes its coffee, soda or water. Other times its a big bottle of vodka.
Two planes on the tarmac at Dulles International Airport had a brief but jarring run-in this afternoon when they lightly collided with each other.
Responding to fears that the second phase of Metro’s Silver Line out to Dulles Airport and Loudoun County could be in jeopardy, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority voted today to remove a pro-union incentive for contractors that had raised the ire of officials in Virginia.
The Dulles Rail project is overbudget, WTOP reports. The first phase of the project, scheduled to be completed next year, is going to need more than the nearly $2.8 billion originally laid out.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is expected to name former Postmaster General John (Jack) Potter as its new leader. Sounds like a good choice — as we all know, along with being a postmaster, Potter was also a general. And the job of a general is to by god get things done. (Feel free to start with that whole Dulles Rail thing, sir.)
This has been in the works for some time, but now it’s official: the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors unanimously approved a plan today to raise rates on the Dulles Toll Road, WTOP’s Adam Tuss reports. Starting Jan. 1, the toll at the main gate will increase from 75 cents to $1, while tolls at the off ramps will go up from 50 to 75 cents. Tolls will increase an additional 25 cents…
