Maryland workers outnumber Virginians on Dulles Rail project

The Dulles Metro rail project, one of the largest public works projects in the country, is based in Virginia and funded mainly by Virginians, but most of the people being paid to build it are from Maryland.

About half of the 602 construction workers employed by the lead contractor in December for the $2.8 billion first phase of the project were from Maryland, according to data presented to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which is in charge of the project. Forty-two percent were from Virginia.