Legal Proceedings, Complaints, and more Letter To Secretary Buttigieg Dear Mr. Secretary:Our organizations write to urge you to reject the I-495 and I-270 Managed Lanes Study because the environmental review does not meet requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, policy guidelines of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and the Council on Environmental Quality, and priorities established by President Biden. Specifically, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and the subsequent Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) failed to provide analyses for greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice impacts…(Click title or text to read more) Plaintiffs Memorandum in Support Of Motion For Preliminary Injunction Plaintiff Northern Virginia Citizens Association (“NOVA”) submits this memorandum in support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction to enjoin the imminent and destructive construction activities Defendants are conducting for the I-495 Northern Extension Project (“the NEXT Project” or “the Project”) to expand the Capital Beltway adjacent to Plaintiff’s neighborhood in McLean, Virginia. If not enjoined, Defendants’ activities will irreparably damage Plaintiff’s neighborhood and the surrounding human and natural environment in violation of federal law. The Project’s adverse effects already vastly exceed the scope of what the Virginia Department of Transportation (“VDOT”) submitted and the Federal Highway Administration (“FHWA”) approved….(Click title or text to read more) NOVA Complaint Filed 12-23-2 Defendants Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT) plan to widen and add toll lanes to a 15-mile stretch of I-495 (the Beltway) and I-270, between McLean, Virginia, and Gaithersburg, Maryland, including the addition of toll lanes over the American Legion Bridge crossing the Potomac River into the Commonwealth of Virginia (“Toll Lanes Project” or “HOT Lanes”). The Toll Lanes Project includes the construction by MDOT of flyover ramps in Virginia connecting the Toll Lanes Project at the terminus of the American Legion Bridge to the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (“I-495 NEXT”) project in Virginia.(Click title or text to read more) New Item
