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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.ffxnow.com/2023/03/20/mclean-residents-sue-to-stop-i-495-widening-over-environmental-impacts/

NIMBYism strikes again. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were some visitors of this forum. [/quote]

What a nasty post, OP!  If you had bothered to read, you would know that the citizens working on this are aligned with the Sierra Club.  Have you seen what VDOT is doing at the Georgetown Pike interchange and the bridge?  The trees have been all stripped out.  It's horrible.  And schools and churches sit right there along with homeowners.[/quote]

Oh noooo! Not the poor churches!! Lmaooo[/quote]

Cut it out. Cooper Middle School sits right there. Once upon a time it had a tree buffer but VDOT ripped the trees out in front if it without notice. That resulted in citizen outrage and protests from Cooper’s principal about air quality. Body then moved all of its vehicles in. John Foust promised it would become a dog park. It wasn’t now all of the remaining trees have been ripped out. It’s an unsightly mess[/quote]

This is so sad. Can we hit 50 likes?[/quote]

Meant to type VDOT. I lived at that intersection for many years. Every time VDOT made a move it did so fast and violently, ripping out trees and brush so fast that by the time the Cooper Principal and residents realized the land had been stripped bare it was too late. Complaints to VDOT and Foust went unanswered. There is now sound and air pollution. The smart residents got out. Many left have been in those houses four decades and can’t move easily. It’s an environmental nightmare. I no longer have a dog in this fight but please note how ALL of the trees have been stripped out. The plaintiffs have the support of the Sierra club.[/quote]

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