Monday, April 25, 2011

Open Letter from Loudoun County Supervisor Kelly Burk

Do We Need Another Major New Highway in Loudoun?‏

Dear Friends,

Members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) presented a motion at the March 16, 2011 meeting to add a major transportation corridor, otherwise known as the North-South Corridor of Statewide Significance (CoSS), through Loudoun County that would encompass the land area between Route 28 and Route 15.

Loudoun County has long been opposed to this plan which has previously been identified as the “Outer Beltway” and the “Western Transportation Corridor”. Once the Commonwealth Transportation Board makes a CoSS designation, localities must include the corridor in their Countywide Transportation Plans. The county and its residents have no control over location, timing, or size; nor can the county re-locate, eliminate, or change the number of lanes. Additionally, such a designation includes parallel roadway facilities. At the February 16, 2011 CTB meeting, the makers of the motion indicated their intention to bring such a proposal to the March meeting. However, based on the lack of transparency and notice, a motion was made and approved to defer the vote until the CTB’s April 20, 2011 meeting.

I urge you to speak out against this plan by e-mailing the Board of Supervisors as well as the members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to let them know you oppose the North-South Corridor of Statewide Significance by the CTB. You can reach the BOS by email at: BOS@Loudoun.gov and members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board at www.ctb.virginia.gov/members.asp.

To find out more information about the North-South Corridor of Statewide Significance, go to www.ctb.virginia.gov/meetings.asp.

Reprinted from an April 20 e-mail to constituents from Supervisor Burk.

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