Va. HOT Lane Project to Start Early Next Year
from washingtonpost.com
Sphere: Related ContentState officials said that all Beltway lanes will be kept open through rush hours and that road closures will happen only at night and on weekends. But they conceded that drivers will face delays. Unlike the Springfield interchange revamp and the rebuilding of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, which largely affected commuter routes, the Beltway project will profoundly affect traffic into the retail and office destination of Tysons Corner.


So in affect, these are lanes for the rich?
Ultimately, this means more traffic for Northern Virginia in the next few years. With this and the metro coming, it looks like I’ll be spending more time idling in my car.