The Tysons Task Force is planning to submit its “final” report to the Fairfax Board of Supervisors next month, a report that will conspicuously be lacking the most important information supervisors need to make an intelligent decision about future growth there: a study of the traffic impact on surrounding communities if density in Tysons Corner is tripled per the current plan.
But it’s not only the county’s road infrastructure that won’t be able to handle the extra load. According to the Greater Tysons Citizens Coalition, county staff informed task force members on March 24 that there’s no way the sewer system can handle the 12 to 15 million gallons of extra wastewater generated by the millions of square feet of new commercial and residential development now envisioned for Tysons.
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Fairfax County would have to build 20 miles of additional pipeline to divert the wastewater from Tysons. And since it is already nearing its maximum allocation at the District’s Blue Plains facility, the county already faces a problem dealing with sewerage generated by projected growth already approved under the Comprehensive Plan.
Hand-picked task force members were told that the wastewater infrastructure costs alone could range from $60 to $142 million, not including the cost of purchasing additional capacity or maintaining a larger sewer system, all likely charged to county taxpayers.
Once again, the task force proved itself to be nothing more than a rubber stamp for Board chairman Gerry Connolly, who will use its completely useless report to ram the higher densities through the acquiescent board, the public be damned. Connolly has been bending over to accommodate wealthy developers intent on urbanizing Tysons at the expense of his own constituents. He’ll feel right at home in the corrupt halls of Congress.
