MWAA makes rail contract public, with redactions

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority made public the billion-dollar, 118-page contract to design and build the first half of Dulles rail Thursday, but blotted out numerous passages dealing with pricing, business and personnel information.

MWAA, which is slated to take over the 23-mile rail extension project, has already drawn charges of lack of accountability and openness. The airports authority says it has a complete exemption from state and federal information disclosure laws, and critics — including some Fairfax County supervisors — have blasted the agency for not disclosing details of its public-private partnership with two contractors.