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Viennaand Oakton AA Tot-Rockin’Tot-Rockin’ NewNew Year’sYear’s EveEve News,News, PagePage 44 Classifieds, Page 13 Classifieds, ❖ At the Robbie- noceros New Sports, Page 11 Year’s Eve party ❖ at Jammin’ Java, children — and parents — got down and boogied. Calendar, Page 8 ❖ Opinion, Page 6 Vienna-OaktonVienna-Oakton OutlookOutlook 20102010 News,News, PagePage 33 Requested in home 1-7-10 home in Requested Time sensitive material. sensitive Time ‘Silver Line,’ HOT Lanes Postmaster: Attention PERMIT #86 PERMIT Martinsburg, WV Martinsburg, Transform Tysons Area PAID U.S. Postage U.S. News, Page 3 STD PRSRT Photo by Donna Manz/The Connection Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.comJanuary 6-12, 2010 ❖ Volume XXIV, Number 1 online at www.connectionnewspapers.comVienna Connection ❖ January 6-12, 2010 ❖ 1 The Doctors of Patrick A. 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Insurance accepted. 2 ❖ Vienna Connection ❖ January 6-12, 2010 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or [email protected] Traveler and Construction Resources ❖ 511 Northern Virginia www.511northernvirginia.org ❖ Megaprojects Project Info and Employer Solutions Team; 877-9595- 222 SeemanHudgins Foust Smyth www.VaMegaprojects.com ❖ Virginia HOT Lanes, a public-private partnership with VDOT and Fluor- Lane Vienna-Oakton Outlook www.VirginiaHOTLanes.com ❖ Tysons Express: 703-730-6664 www.PRTCtransit.org Budget, traffic and transportation ❖ Tysons Connector: 703-339-7200 www.FairfaxConnector.com top 2010 issues. ❖ Loudoun County Commuter Bus From the air looking west, construction along Route 123 Service: 877-465-2287 shows both the HOT Lanes work and a future Dulles Rail Station. By Donna Manz ripheral roads. The Connection “We will start working on the Maple Avenue new develop- ‘Silver Line,’ HOT Lanes ocal budgets, traffic, ment plan in January. We’ve L transportation and re been talking about this for years development of Tysons and it’s exciting to finally be dominate the list of issues doing something about it,” Transform Tysons Area elected officials and citizens Seeman said. The council has will address in 2010. The big just begun discussion of Maple each direction from the Springfield Interchange to stories for Vienna and its sur- Avenue redevelopment and will Motorists will reap just north of the Dulles Toll Road that will be free to rounding communities of initially consider size, height, benefits by 2013. HOV-3 cars, motorcycles and buses. Vehicles with less Oakton, McLean and Reston in parking and the type of use of than three occupants can choose to pay a toll to en- the new year continue to cen- new buildings. Parking spaces ter the lanes. The amount of the toll will vary ter on Tysons Corner construc- are a significant challenge in By Mike Salmon throughout the day and depend on real-time traffic tion projects, from redevelop- Vienna, especially on Church VDOT conditions. ment of the urban landscape to Street and in centers with a Construction on these lanes started in 2008 and mass transit projects. fixed lot size. he Dulles Metrorail and Interstate 495 will replace $260 million in aging infrastructure. This Local communities and civic “Our citizens will have huge HOT Lanes projects are moving full steam includes overpasses and bridges at the Springfield groups have banded together to input in this redevelopment Tahead, and the traveling public in Virginia Interchange, Braddock Road, Little River Turnpike, look at ways to protect the in- plan,” Seeman. “We will con- will reap the rewards of these significant Gallows Road, Lee Highway, Interstate 66, Arling- terests of stakeholders, from tinue to make Vienna such a transportation additions by 2013. ton Boulevard, Oak Street, Idylwood Road, Leesburg mitigating the impact of con- desirable place to live and cer- Phase 1 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project Pike, Chain Bridge Road and Lewinsville Road. Crews struction inconveniences to tainly will not be selling out to began in Tysons Corner last March and over the sum- are demolishing the old bridges/overpasses and sound barriers along the new developers.” mer, support columns for the aerial track went up building new ones with the goal of keeping traffic HOT lanes and Dulles rail. New businesses and stores near Interstate 66 and the Dulles Connector Road moving. The toll lanes are scheduled to be open by The three hardest-hit Fairfax are coming into Vienna even in (Route 267). This is where the new line, unofficially the end of 2012 or early 2013. County districts, in terms of the slowed economy, the mayor tagged the “Silver Line,” is branching off the Both of these projects will significantly expand construction and transportation noted. Walgreens has planned Metrorail’s Orange Line. Phase 1, which goes as far transportation options in Northern Virginia. In the projects, are those closing in on on a winter opening and the as Reston, is mostly above ground and features a tun- mean time, some delays could occur during construc- the Vienna/Tysons area: Midtown Plaza will be ready for nel along Route 123 between the Tysons Corner Cen- tion. To mitigate these impacts, Virginia Megaprojects Dranesville, Hunter Mill and its tenants by late spring. ter and Tysons Galleria malls. The tunneling began created a traffic management plan (TMP) to offer Providence, each of which share The Branch Avenue shopping in October using a machine called the “Drill Jumbo,” motorists alternatives to lane closures and detours. a boundary with Vienna Zip center, Danor Plaza, is owned which uses the New Austrian Tunneling Method. This plan includes three new bus services: Tysons codes. by two separate companies and Work on five new Metrorail stations is underway, Connector, a free shuttle serving Tysons Corner at the mayor is cooperating with with four in Tysons Corner and one in Reston. The lunchtime during the week; Tysons Express, a Budget Tops Town both to try to get them to work Tysons East station will be inside the Capital Beltway. Woodbridge to Tysons Corner commuter bus with Council Agenda together to improve the center The Tysons Central 123 station will be located at free Wi-Fi; and a Loudoun County express bus to The Town of Vienna budget and pull in new tenants to the Tysons Boulevard and Route 123. Tysons Central 7 Tysons Corner to launch in fall 2010. Another aspect tops the list of issues the Coun- empty shells there now. is along Route 7 near Route 123. The Tysons West of the plan empowers businesses in Tysons Corner. cil will address as it determines station will be built at Route 7 and Spring Hill Road. The Megaprojects Employer Solutions Team is trained funding for projects and infra- Community Meetings The rail line then follows the median of the Dulles to help employers develop customized transporta- structure. Traffic and transpor- Address Hot Topics International Airport Access Highway to Reston tion strategies to increase employees’ commuting tation rate a close second. “Budget, budget and budget where the final station in this phase is being built at options. These may include shared-ride commute “We’re always looking for tops agenda,” said Supervisor Wiehle Avenue. Trains are expected to begin servic- matching options (carpool, vanpool, bus, rail, metro ways to work with the greater Cathy Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill ing these stations in late 2013. and slugging); commuter services seminars or fairs; Tysons coalition on traffic and District). “It’s the driver with Although construction of the Interstate 495 HOT telecommuting programs; and employer and em- Tysons redevelopment since what we do.” (High Occupancy Toll) Lanes overlaps Metrorail con- ployee incentive information. To learn more about these issues affect Vienna, par- Dulles rail cuts through the struction in Tysons Corner, it is a separate project. these free resources, call 877-9595-222 or e-mail: ticularly the commuter routes, Hunter Mill District in the The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is [email protected]. so much,” said Mayor M. Jane Reston area and construction building the $2.7 billion Dulles Metrorail Project Find more information about transportation alter- Seeman. Metrorail and Dulles and traffic congestion hit while the Virginia Department of Transportation, in natives and construction at rail construction at Tysons Cor- Hunter Mill residents and com- a public-private partnership with Transurban-Fluor, www.VAmegaprojects.com. Drivers can sign up for ner and increased density as a muters. is building the Interstate 495 HOT Lanes. an e-mail alerts and track the progress of all result of new development will As the Board of Supervisors HOT Lanes are a system that will provide new Megaprojects: Dulles Metrorail, Interstate 495 HOT exacerbate traffic congestion travel choices for a faster and more reliable trip. On Lanes, Fairfax County Parkway extension, Interstate along Route 123 and the pe- See Focus, Page 10 Interstate 495, there will be two new HOT lanes in 95 widening and Telegraph Road Interchange. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna Connection ❖ January 6-12, 2010 ❖ 3 News Week in Vienna A Tot-Rockin’ New Year’s Eve Armed Robbery at Vienna Bus Stop Jammin’ Java hosts annual Robbie- On Dec. 26, at 11:30 a.m. Vienna Police responded to a report of a woman that had been robbed at an area bus stop. The woman noceros children’s concert. had exited the Wachovia Bank at 212 Maple Ave., E. and entered into a bus stop shelter along Maple Avenue. hey came from Vienna well. A short time later, an individual approached her, produced a and McLean, from Al As the disco ball dropped, the knife, and demanded the woman’s wallet.

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