Transportation group delays plan to widen I-66

A regional transportation group unexpectedly delayed a plan to widen sections of Interstate 66 on Wednesday after a series of deadlocked votes pitted inner suburbs against outer-ring jurisdictions.

Members of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board voted to postpone the road-widening on a portion of the interstate inside the Capital Beltway that is a key commuter corridor from Front Royal, Va., to the District of Columbia until Virginia officials conduct a broad-based study of environmental impacts and other possible travel modes on the roadway.