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A questionable plan
At a recent meeting held in Fauquier County, Virginia's Secretary of Transportation, Vivian Watts, again maintained her firm commitment to the concept of a “Washington bypass,” terminology which she perfers over “outerbeltway.”
We feel that Mrs. Watts and the Department of Transportation owe the residents of the Piedmont a lot of thought and study before any firm plans are laid for what would be, in all probability, a superhighway carving a swath across the Virginia countryside.
There is merit in the argument that something must be done to relieve the congestion which has become epidemic on the roads around metropolitan Washington, D. C.
But to relieve that congestion at the expense of the rural communities of the Piedmont, most already under intense development pressures, we feel is grossly unfair.
The highway would serve as an ashphalt “yellow brick road” for developers eager to lure the growing population of the D. C. urban area into the country, reaping huge profits
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