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Hudgins: Wiehle Traffic Won't Be Worse
Hunter Mill Supervisor tells WTOP gridlock after Metro opens won't be worse than what is already here.
Hunter Mill Supervisor Cathy Hudgins tells WTOP that she does not forsee big traffic problems on Wiehle Avenue after the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station opens later this year. "I live one block from Wiehle Avenue, and I don't think it's going to have any more gridlock than we have today," Hudgins said. "Will there be some hard days in the beginning? I think you're right. But the larger part of the message is that it's an asset coming here." Hudgins' comments came in a story the radio station did on the potential for gridlock when the Silver Line opens. Wiehle-Reston East, where a 2,300-spot parking garage is now under construction, will be the end of the Silver Line for many years. However, Reston 2020 and traffic analysts are predicting …
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Dave Overbagh
12:14 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Jim, I agree with you that the bus routes are not well thought out. The key to making the Whiele Avenue station work is to have a coordinated set of bus routes connecting all parts of Reston. Right now and the planned bus routes do not include the east end of Lawyers Road or the South end of Twin Branches Road. Good bus routes will encourage people not to drive to the station. Also, little … more ›