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to the Council of Government’s forecasts on development of housing and employment centers to the northwest of Washington by the year 2010 and to estimates that travelers through Dulles will reach 20 million by the year 2000, double the airport’s current use.
In addition, he said, the new inland port at Front Royal will be a another “collecting point for traffic," sending commercial trucks over highways to Norfolk.
As to the Loudoun Board of Supervisors' opposition to any bypass through their county, Williams said he is “sensitive to Loudoun’s needs,” but maintained that the “environmental impact on Loudoun County will be much better if the planning (for a western bypass) goes forward. ... If there’s no bypass near Dulles, then Route 15 will become the western bypass. That's the real alternative we face if we don’t plan forward.”
“My personal hunch is that the time is going to come when the people who live in Loudoun County are going to want the right-of-way for a bypass,” said chairman Plissner. Loudoun “ought to give a great deal of time and attention now to where it ought to be and then fight like hell to get it there,” he said.
According to two Loudoun representatives, support exists already for the “development highway," as Federal Highway Administration’s termed the western bypass.
The county’s opposition signifies “the supervisors’ own opinions,” said Helen Casey, a member of Sterling Citizens for Action Now. “Most people in eastern Loudoun disagree. They see a western bypass as necessary to take the traffic off Route 15. If we don’t plan for it now, if we don’t dedicate the right-of-way, we’ll have big problems later (with) three, four-, five-, and six-story buildings in the way,” Casey maintained.
“The need does exist to begin the planning process for a western bypass . . . and acquire right-of-way,” agreed SCAN member Brian Bell.
The Northern Virginia region has “horrendous local traffic problems," acknowledged Loudoun representative Marvin Watts. But attempting to solve those problems with a bypass follows the example of
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