A "Changing Tysons" Quick Facts

Tysons corner is changing everyday, as is every city in the nation. But we have much bigger plans in store for the future. Here's an update on some of the planned changes:

- county staff to draft a new comprehensive plan for Tysons by July 09
o “aggressive timeline” said James Zook (director of Fairfax County’s department of planning and zoning)
o hope to get a vote when board of supervisors returns from recess in August 09
- 95% of development will be within a half a mile of one of 4 metro stations, and within 600 feet of a planned Circulator route
- Hopes to increase housing from 14,000 to 100,000
- Federal Transit Administration approved $900 million in funding 12/4 for the Dulles Metro Rail

Sources = 1) DullesMetro.com + 2) Vienna Connection 12/17-23/2008 pages 3 + 7

Metro passes another hurdle for funding

Quick Facts related to the planned Metro line to the Dulles Airport and beyond:
- Project to cost $5.2 Billion
- 23.1 miles
- Phase 1 to go from East Falls Church (Falls Church) to Wiehle Avenue (Reston)
- Phase 1 = 11.6 miles
- Phase 2 will complete the project all the way to Route 772, just beyond the Dulles International Airport
- Phase 2 = 11.5 miles

December 3rd the Federal Transit Administration O.K.'d the planned metrorail extension project. The project must now get approval from Mary Peters (Transportation Secretary) and the Office of Management and Budget.

source = (Washington Business Journal; December 5-11)