(The following appeared on the Washington Examiner website on June 2, 2011.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood on Wednesday gave local officials 30 days to agree on estimates for what it will cost to finish building the Metrorail line to Washington Dulles International Airport and into Loudoun County.
LaHood is trying to broker a deal between the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which is overseeing the project, and state and local officials, who must pay for it and who are claiming that the authority is driving up the rail line’s costs beyond what they can afford.
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