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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whenever cross the bridge from MD toward Tysons there is a distinct difference in the amount of graffiti and trash on the side of the road. Once you notice the change you cannot unsee it. It is a stark contrast and underscores OP’s rationale for wanting something better.[/quote] Once you cross the bridge it’s a massive construction zone for miles, and been that way for years. [/quote]

Construction is finished on the hot lanes and I would love for Maryland to construct anything, but apparently we don’t have as much money for public infrastructure as VA or are able to manage to complete anything on time and on budget.[/quote]

The HOT lanes are stupid, as Virginians themselves will tell you:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1poxs2y/shocking_to_no_one_the_495_express_lanes/

You either need to do these things along the entire beltway, or not do them at all. But having them for a portion of the beltway makes no sense. But I'm sure having even more toll roads in Virginia will make the private corporation who built them a lot of money, just as is the case with all the other roads that Virginia has privatized by adding tolls.[/quote]

At least Virginia builds infrastructure. The only two major projects in MoCo in the past 10-20 years are a toll road (200) and a bypass north of Olney on 97 that no one even needed, with money that could have spent a million other places.

Besides that, there was the extremely over budget and mismanaged Silver Spring Transit Center that had to be redone because the contractor was using cheap, deficient cement.

https://washingtonian.com/2015/09/16/a-timeline-of-failure-for-the-silver-spring-transit-center/

And then there’s the Purple Line, which is $1B over budget and should have been open 3-5 years ago. You go to Virginia and the highways are constantly being upgraded and the Silver Line is up and running, with job centers along the whole line from Falls Church to Ashburn.

Meanwhile Maryland has crumbling infrastructure and can’t even manage the few infrastructure projects that they start. And the taxes are more in MD. For what? I’d expect VA level infrastructure, at least, for the taxes I pay.[/quote]

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