Critics: Tysons Plan Too Dense, Lacks Infrastructure Triggers, SunGazette, February 8, 2010

by BRIAN TROMPETER, Staff Writer

The final draft plan for Tysons Corner redevelopment would allow too much building density, place affordable-housing units too far from transit areas and permit development before adequate infrastructure was in place, some civic activists contend.

McLean Citizens Association (MCA) board members on Feb. 3 lamented changes in the latest incarnation of the plan, which was produced by the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s Tysons Committee.

“They’re planning this thing to fail,” said MCA member Steve DelBianco. “Cumulatively, all these little particulars add up to why it’s going to fail.” . . . .

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