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Widening I-66 unlikely, remains on wish list

By Liz Essley
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Widening I-66 unlikely, remains on wish list

For frustrated drivers on Interstate 66, there may be no relief in sight from constant traffic jams. Even as the Virginia Department of Transportation nears completion of the first “spot improvement” on I-66 westbound — a two-mile stretch of new lane between Fairfax Drive and Sycamore Street — officials say that’s all the widening the interstate will get for now, at least within the Beltway.

It comes down to two problems: politics and money.

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