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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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]

Why does Langley high school convenience get to dictate access and ramp closures on a major highway?

This is completely unreasonable.[/quote]

I bet if it were any other high school, you'd be fine with it.  Just the fact that it's Langley means you are outraged.   :roll: [/quote]

That's just silly.  It's reasonable for parents whose kids attend other schools near Tysons (Marshall, McLean, Madison) to want to know whether you're asking VDOT to make it easier to get to Cooper and Langley will just make it harder to get to their schools.  I haven't heard a clear answer, and VDOT officials have said previously that closing the ramp would be a "wash" (i.e., reduce traffic near the Balls Hill/Georgetown Pike intersection and make it worse elsewhere). [/quote]

Of course it won't be a wash. It would just clog up other roads.

And I don't see why closing off Georgetown Pike going east has much of an effect on the buses traveling west.[/quote]

It’s clear you don’t understand the issue or the proposal.  No one is proposing closing GTP , in any direction!  On the contrary, we’re trying to alleviate congestion on that road (and feeder roads) by closing the Beltway exit, headed north, in the afternoons.  That’s why GTP is always backed up in the afternoons, headed east.  MD drivers use it to access the beltway, when they should be using the toll road instead.[/quote]

Closing that exit ramp does [b]NOT[/b] mean the Maryland drivers will automatically take the Toll Road instead.  Many would slog through Tysons to get to other entrances to the Beltway, which would make it worse for people trying to get to Marshall HS at the same times.  Other Virginians will be inconvenienced just as much as the Maryland drivers. [/quote]

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