Compared with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, how does this job rank in terms of the complexity and magnitude?
The magnitude is fourfold. Woodrow Wilson was a $2.5 billion effort, pretty much confined in the southern part of the Capital Beltway. With Virginia megaprojects, we are all over Fairfax County. … When you look at the last phase of Woodrow Wilson and Telegraph Road, you look at fourth lane-widening in the I-95 corridor, HOT lanes and Dulles Rail on the Beltway in the Tysons area, all that is a real challenge to us as we try to safely move highway construction production while at the same time maintaining safe mobility for everybody using our system What do you say to people irritated with the short-term closures and traffic? I am very sympathetic to their concern from a standpoint that nobody wants to be inconvenienced or disrupted. These are major highway improvements that in the long term will bring a better quality of life for all. — William C.
