The Federal Transit Administration has signed an agreement to fund the first leg of Metrorail to Washington Dulles International Airport, a major milestone in the project’s rocky journey despite remaining questions over financing.

The signature of the “full funding grant agreement” represents the latest — and potentially most important — step in a line of federal approvals still ahead of the 11.6-mile extension of rail in Northern Virginia.

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