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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Possibly closing an off ramp because it makes it difficult for kids to get to extracurricular? Really? There are a number of inside the beltway schools that have traffic issues - should we just start closing roads to benefit school traffic? What am I missing?[/quote]

I live on the McLean High School side of McLean. We are seeing enormous traffic on Westmoreland and Great Falls streets between the hours of 5 and 6. Backups are roughly one mile. Commuters trying to avoid the 66 tolls are using our surface streets and Waze is routing people through neighborhoods. It's become very frustrating, not to mention dangerous when people are driving WELL above posted speed limits to try and cut a minute off their commute.

So, to answer your question, yes, I would imagine that these backups are causing people to miss extracurricular activities. Maybe even adding 20+ minutes to getting kids there.

The larger issue is that we need to slow down the volume of traffic using neighborhood streets and smaller surface roads. How we do that, I'm not sure. But the volume of traffic using McLean as an alternative to the Beltway and 66 has clearly become an issue.[/quote]

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