'Transform 66' Project Meeting in Ashburn on Oct 8

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will host a series of public information meetings about its “Transform 66” programs both inside and outside the beltway.

The “Inside the Beltway” program will involve “converting I-66 to dynamically-priced toll lanes in both directions during morning and afternoon rush hours between I-495 (the Capital Beltway) and U.S. Route 29 in Rosslyn,” read a recent VDOT bulletin.

The “Outside the Beltway” program includes “multimodal improvements along 25 miles of I-66 between I-495 (the Capital Beltway) and U.S. Route 15 in Haymarket.”

There will be three meetings next month about changes inside the beltway, and three more meetings later in October about changes outside the beltway.

Inside the beltway meetings will take place from 7-9 p.m. on:

• Monday, Oct. 5, VDOT Northern Virginia District Office (this meeting will be live streamed at Transform66.org), 4795 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, Va., 22030
• Tuesday, Oct. 6, Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School cafeteria, 7130 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Va., 22043
• Wednesday, Oct. 7, Washington-Lee High School cafeteria, 1301 N. Stafford Street, Arlington, Va., 22201
• Thursday, Oct. 8, Farmwell Station Middle School Cafeteria, 44281 Gloucester Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147

Outside the beltway meetings will take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on:

• Monday, Oct. 19, Oakton High School cafeteria, 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna, Va., 22181
• Tuesday, Oct. 20, VDOT Northern Virginia District Office, 4795 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, Va., 22030
• Wednesday, Oct. 21, Piney Branch Elementary School cafeteria/gym, 8310 Linton Hall Road, Bristow, Va., 20136