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			<title>Why is I-66 so congested? It&apos;s a matter of supply and demand</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The choices are transportation choices: an express bus that picks up passengers in Centreville and heads straight to Tysons Corner, the Silver Line Metrorail extension to Dulles Airport and car and vanpools. -- <i>By Adam Tuss, November 19, 2009, WTOP</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Montgomery Council asks for lower ICC tolls</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council is asking state officials to lower the proposed toll rates for the InterCounty Connector, saying that tolls costing $6 or more per one-way trip would discourage drivers from using the highway currently under construction. -- <i>By Kytja Weir, November 18, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Setback for ICC toll plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend against toll rates proposed for the Intercounty Connector, saying the tolls would be too expensive for many motorists and would leave the highway with too few users to justify its costs. -- <i>By Katherine Shaver, November 18, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Jump in Md. tolls likely after 2010</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the Maryland Transportation Authority's revenues have declined this year, its costs for construction of the Intercounty Connector have risen to the point where the project now accounts for 53 percent of the agency's budget - forcing delays in other road maintenance projects and making a substantial increase in tolls at some facilities a near certainty after the 2010 gubernatorial election. -- <i>By By Michael Dresser, November 16, 2009, Baltimore Sun</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Arlington not dissuaded on HOT lanes lawsuit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[County Board Chairman Barbara Favola says it is possible that the county government could find middle ground with state and federal officials over proposed high-occupancy-toll (HOT) lanes on Interstates 95 and 395, before the matter ends up in front of a judge. -- <i>By Scott McCaffrey, November 14, 2009, Sun Gazette</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Arlington pressured to settle HOT lanes suit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arlington County is getting pressure from Fairfax County to settle a lawsuit that has stalled the High Occupancy Toll lanes project for Interstate 95/395. -- <i>By Hank Silverberg, November 11, 2009, WTOP</i>]]></description>
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