Is the Orange Line Metro to Dulles still happening?
The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project still appears to be moving forward, but funding is not yet secured. Discussed for years, plans for expanding Metrorail in Northern Virginia to Dulles Airport are firming up. However, Federal Government funding has yet to be provided and not all of the details have been hammered out. The current proposal calls for this project to be built in 2 phases. In Phase 1, track would be built from the current Orange Line near the East Falls Church station, continue through Tyson’s Corner, and then would follow the Dulles Toll Road to Wiehle Avenue in Reston. This phase is expected to be completed in 2011. Phase Two, targeted for 2015 completion, would continue the line along the toll road to Dulles Airport and then out the Greenway to Route 772 near Ashburn. While most of the plans appear to be finalized, some crucial details are yet to be resolved. One of the current debates is whether the portion of the metro line that goes through Tyson’s Corner should be
