The Washington Post in a new editorial says the federal government should conduct the environmental impact studies Arlington wants before High Occupancy Toll lanes are built, according to ARLnow.com.
Last year, Arlington sued the federal government and state officials claiming that the required studies had not been completed and that the project should not be allowed to move forward.
The suit also stated only rich, white suburbanites from Stafford and Spotsylvania counties would be the ones to benefit from the lanes. The Post called those allegations “a doozy,” according to ARLnow.com.
If the lanes are built, the HOV lanes from Dumfries to the Pentagon would be converted to toll lanes and then would be extended south to Spotsylvania County, making a 56-mile toll road.
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