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Welcome to 2012. Phase I has been built. I won't be cancelled and removed.

@ goldfish:LC may just see itself more as an ag reserve, and channel the urban/suburban sprawl elsewhere

They may see themselves that way, but that would be in their dreams. If they'd wake up, they'd see that Eastern Loudoun is suburban. They themselves (or their predecessors) have given out the building permits and allowed the rezoning from ag to McMansion. Ashburn, Sterling, Brambleton and South Riding did not pop up overnight. They've had long and spirited debates over that. They've decided that the eastern part of the county would be developed while the western half would stay as is. US-15 roughly being the divider.

Now, the current BOS may not agree with that, but that does not mean they can deny reality and change the past. Reality is that many farmers are under significant pressure to sell to developers and that the eastern part of the county is suburbanizing.

And it's not just Loudoun. The same is happening in northern PW County and the US-15/29 corridor in Fauquier.

The decisions to give out those building permits come with the obligation to provide infrastructure so that those new residents can get around. Metro is part of that.

Also, what Tysons Engineer said.

by Jasper on Jun 26, 2012 9:14 am • link • report