WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> SomeGuy Wrote:
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> > The alternate spot is across the temp lot in
> front
> > of the airport. Info on it is available on
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http://www.dullesmetro.com in the Phase II
> > section.
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> > In this PDF:
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http://www.dullesmetro.com/pdfs/Phase2UpdateInform
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> > ationPacket-PDF-updated.pdf
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> Why can't they just put the damn aerial option by
> the Terminal along the lines of how the Metro
> works at National? Is it that difficult to put it
> on the other side of the parking lot?
I think that's what the proposal is - on the far side of the hourly lot and just south of the North Daily garage.
The initial plan looks like a tunnel that runs right underneath the southmost edge of the hourly lot (the $36.00 hour lot) with a 550 foot underground walkway to the terminal.
The alternate plan is an above ground station that is (as I said) between the hourly lot and the North daily garage. The drawback here is a 1,150
mile foot walkway to the terminal.
What is making things difficult from what I can tell are 1) the desire to not trench and bury the Metro tunnel under option 1 and instead boring the tunnel which is a lot more expensive, and 2) the need to snake the tunnel/bridge around Runway 18L/36R. A big U shape. You don't have that issue at DCA...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/2010 06:48PM by ITRADE.