DOT inspector general to investigate oversight of Dulles rail project, Washington Post, Dr. Gridlock, June 21, 2011

By Ann E. Marimow

The inspector general for the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that his office will audit the authority that oversees two of the Washington area’s main airports and the project to extend Metrorail to Dulles International to Loudoun County.

Inspector General Calvin L. Scovel’s announcement that he will investigate the “management policies and processes” of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority comes in response to a request in February from Reps.Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) and Tom Latham (R-Iowa). The lawmakers requested the audit, they said, to “ensure that Dulles Rail is done well, done on time, and done on or under original cost estimates.”

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