Alliance Position:
The Alliance supports the implementation of the Dulles Loop as an integral component of Dulles Airport’s future economic growth.

The Problem:
Reliable access to Washington Dulles International Airport as well the ability for traffic to move around and through the Dulles area has deteriorated due to heavy growth in the corridor.

By 2030, employment is expected to double and households by 70% in the areas immediately around Dulles airport. To accommodate such growth, the Dulles Loop will require at a minimum an eight-lane freeway with supporting local access lanes.

The Project:
The Dulles Loop consists of upgraded portions of Routes 28, 50 and 606 that form an 18-mile circumferential around Washington Dulles International Airport.

Current Status:
The Virginia Department of Transportation is close to releasing a contract bid to do the design/preliminary engineering work to upgrade Route 606 to 4 lanes. The work is estimated to cost $2 million, for which the Commonwealth will pick up 1/3 of the cost, Loudoun County 1/3, and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority the final 1/3.

Dulles Loop Implementation Group:
Stakeholders both public and private have joined together to form the Dulles Loop Implementation Group, chaired by Douglas Koelemay of the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The group works to provide a coherent plan to identify the improvements that can be funded with proffers and public money, to identify gaps and find ways to fill the gaps, and to implement an orderly sequence of rapid improvements for the Loop.

Membership of the group comprises:

• Committee for Dulles
• Dulles Area Transportation Association
• Dulles South Business Alliance
• Dulles South Transportation Alliance
• Fairfax County
• Loudon County
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
• Route 606 Group
• Route 28 Taxing District
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• Washington Airports Task Force

Funding is provided by Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, and private stakeholders.

More information, visit the Washington Airports Task Force homepage by clicking here.