Dec 25
We reported a month ago that utility relocation - an essential step in rail construction - would begin in December. The outcry over even worst congestion during the holiday season delayed the start again. But now VDOT has announced relocation will begin in early January. We’ll see.
Washington Gas will move it’s gas lines that lay under Route 7’s service roads, and the project will take about four months. Other ulities will move overhead and buried gas lines. Route 7 will stay open during the process, but when unities cut across the road, nigh construction will be used.
The so called Silver Line project will be brought to Wiehle Avenue in 2013, and construction to Dulles Airport will be finished in 2016.
January 7th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
[…] to be improved. The construction to make it better begins with the Tysons area, as road work is set to start this week. First gas lines are going to be re-routed, and eventually the service roads along Rt. 7 […]