{"id":496,"date":"2007-09-25T20:12:13","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T00:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/09\/25\/use-the-custis-trail-in-arlington-meeting-wednesday-night\/"},"modified":"2007-09-25T20:12:13","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T00:12:13","slug":"use-the-custis-trail-in-arlington-meeting-wednesday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/09\/25\/use-the-custis-trail-in-arlington-meeting-wednesday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Use the Custis Trail in Arlington? Meeting Wednesday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you use the Custis Trail<\/a> that runs along I-66 in Arlington, there’s a public VDOT meeting at 7:30p on Wednesday (Sept 26th) at Washington-Lee High School (in the cafeteria).\u00c2\u00a0 This meeting is being held to discuss three specific widening proposals.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s my understanding that it’s not regarding the larger (asinine) idea of widening I-66 by a lane, but limited extensions of entry\/exit lanes.\u00c2\u00a0 However, it still has the potential to have a detrimental impact on the Custis Trail, which is a high-traffic alternative transportation artery.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 For more details about the meeting and the take of the Arlington Coalition for Sensible Transportation<\/a>, click on the “more” link below.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve pasted an email from cycling advocate Allen Muchnick to local listsevs in its entirety.<\/p>\n

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This widening affects the Custis Trail, and any future widening could
\nseriously degrade it. Please forward this message far and wide.<\/p>\n

ATTEND VDOT PUBLIC MEETING WED, SEPT 26, 7-8:30 PM @ WASHINGTON-LEE
\nHS CAFETERIA<\/p>\n

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is holding a public
\nmeeting this Wednesday evening, September 26, 2007, from 7:00 to 8:30
\nPM, in the Washington-Lee High School cafeteria (1300 N Quincy St,
\nnear Ballston Metro) to provide a status report on the preliminary
\ndesign of it’s I-66 “Spot Improvements” project. Various aspects of
\nthis project, including right-of-way drawings, will be displayed in
\nan open-house format, and a brief presentation and question-and-
\nanswer session will begin around 7:30 PM. Once again, VDOT has
\nreleased very little project information in advance of this public
\nmeeting.<\/p>\n

If arriving by auto, use the parking deck above I-66, where a
\npedestrian bridge connects to Entrance #7 of the high school. The
\nArlington Coalition for Sensible Transportation (ACST) will be
\nstationed in Room 126, immediately outside the cafeteria.<\/p>\n

If this construction is ultimately approved, this $76 million project
\ncould add four miles of a third westbound lane to I-66 at three
\ndisconnected locations: from the Spout Run (Lee Hwy) entrance to the
\nGlebe Rd exit, from the Fairfax Dr (Glebe Rd) entrance to the
\nSycamore St exit, and from the Washington Blvd (East Falls Church)
\nentrance to the Dulles Connector Road exit.<\/p>\n

Please attend the VDOT meeting to learn about this project and how it
\nwould impact our community. Also, please submit written comments
\ndescribing your concerns and criticisms for the public meeting record
\n(info near bottom).<\/p>\n

ARLINGTON COALITION FOR SENSIBLE TRANSPORTATION (ACST) POSITIONS ON