Metro vote could fall on November-elected supervisors, LoudounTimes.com

Wednesday, Aug. 31 by Crystal Owens 

A newly-elected Board of Supervisors could have the final decision on whether Metrorail extends beyond Dulles International Airport into Loudoun County.

Supervisors have 90 days from the day they receive final engineering plans for Phase 2 of the project from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to decide whether to pull funding.

And that decision, according to some supervisors, is likely not going to happen until 2012. 

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This story is correct.  The  financial agreement among the partners states the following:

 "Fairfax and Loudoun each shall notify the Airports Authority whether they approve proceeding with their financing participation for Phase 2 within 90 days of receipt from the Airports Authority of (i) the documents comprising 100% preliminary engineering for Phase 2, (ii) the documents the amount of the cost estimate for Phase 2 at 100% preliminary engineering, and (iii) the documents demonstrating how the cost estimate for Phase 2 at 100% preliminary engineering was developed and computed."

 So both Fairfax and Loudoun Boards could veto any agreement well after the elections in November.