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| From left, Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean
Connaughton, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova,
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair Scott York and Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority President Jack Potter speak at a Greater
Reston Chamber of Commerce event Wednesday, March 28.
Photo by Alex McVeigh. |
Reston
— The Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce hosted a panel discussion in
Reston Wednesday, March 28 about the future of Phase Two of the
Metrorail Silver Line. The discussion featured Virginia Secretary of
Transportation Sean Connaughton, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Chair Sharon Bulova, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair Scott
York and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President Jack
Potter.
Connaughton
said the subject of a Project Labor Agreement, which would put
conditions on the companies and employees building the rail, has been a
point of contention during the process.
"There’s
a great deal of concern that Virginia companies could be excluded from
being able to competitively participate in the procurement," he said.
"In Virginia, we have some fairly large projects going on, the 495 HOT
lanes has a PLA on it. But what happens after the procurement is awarded
is essentially between those contractors and their employees about how
they move the project forward. But the government mandating it up front
is something we just did not find acceptable.". . .
Click here for the rest of this article on last week's GRCoC luncheon discussion of the Silver Line.
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