Dirt Roads As Commuter Corridors

Washington, D.C. suburbs are growing so fast that the roads haven’t caught up.

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December 28, 2005, 11:00 AM PST

That Braddock Road near Fairfax County, Virginia, "is unpaved most of the wayâ€¦doesn't stop motorists from making 3,000 trips on it each day, according to a county study. Most of them bounce along during morning and evening rush hours, avoiding pothole after pothole and pulling over to let oncoming drivers pass." According to one commuter, "Driving on Braddock is worse than driving on the roads of any Third World country." Will local government improve such new commuter roads, or use their unfinished nature as a means of slowing growth?

FULL STORY: Pocked Paths Now Commuter Corridors

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 in The Washington Post

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