If environmental safeguards are adequate and are enforced, I support the principles of smart growth.*  
     
 

I support the building of the ICC.

  
     
  I strongly support building the Brookeville Bypass.  
     
 

I support the building of the Purple Line.

 
     
  I support the Corridor Cities Transitway.  
     
  The Techway, proposed as a way to link the Dulles and I-270 technology corridors, sounds like a good idea but the environmental cost is too high and the idea violates most of the principals of smart growth, so I do not support the Techway. However, I would support a Purple Line connector to Dulles.  
     
     
 
*Principles of Smart Growth
 
 
  • Create a range of housing opportunities and choices.
  • Create walkable neighborhoods.
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  • Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration.

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  • Foster distinctive, attractive places with a strong sense of place.
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  • Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost-effective.
  • Mix land uses.

  • Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas.

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  • Provide a variety of transportation choices.

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  • Strengthen development and direct it toward existing communities.
  • Take advantage of compact building design.

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