Buoy oh buoy

Mixed metaphorage aside, 'tis good news for the DC area. As anyone who's spent time in the asphalt jungle of the Beltway knows, driving around DC is more fun than Dan Quayle in a spelling bee. The more Metro, the better.

Tysons Metro Tunnel Buoyed

A panel of experts commissioned by Virginia officials to study the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport has strongly recommended that the tracks at Tysons Corner run underground, said local officials briefed yesterday.

The group of engineers also concluded that a tunnel would not be prohibitively more expensive than an elevated track, the local officials said. Those involved with the project had expected the panel to lean toward an underground approach for the four-mile stretch through Tysons. But Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly, one of the officials privately briefed, said he was surprised at the strength of the group's support for a tunnel. Connolly (D) favors a tunnel.

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