January 28, 2008
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Moorefield Station, Loudoun County - January 28, 2008 –Loudoun Civic and Transit Center (LCTC) at Moorefield Station is one of three sites to be considered for a new Government Administrative Center (GAC). The team has issued the following statement regarding recent developments surrounding federal funding of the Dulles Rail project.
Like most residents and business owners in Northern Virginia, we would be greatly disappointed if the federal government chose not to support funding the Metro Silver Line as currently proposed. However, we believe that the extension of Metro to Dulles Airport and beyond is inevitable and the current funding issues will be resolved. Regardless of the ultimate timing of the arrival of Metro to Moorefield Station, such a decision by the Federal Government will not affect Moorefield Station’s role in serving as the County’s regional transit hub. Adjacent to our proposed site for the Government Administrative Center is a bus only access lane for regional and local bus lines as well as space dedicated for commuter park and ride lots.
As important as its transit connections, the Loudoun Transit and Civic Center site at Moorefield Station offers the County over 27 contiguous acres to meet the County’s current and future space needs and allow for the creation of a Civic Use District that will offer its employees, citizens and visitors a variety of convenient amenities. Moorefield Station is also the furthest east of the considered sites, bringing additional government services closer to where people work and live in Loudoun today and where growth is planned.
When making a choice on where to locate the Government Administrative Center, leaders and citizens should not forget that a failure to think long term and accommodate future growth will lead to a need to repeat this process as government grows. We truly believe that Moorefield Station is the site which provides Loudoun’s government and citizens with a Solution for a Century by embracing a long term view.
For further information, contact:
Chris Thomas
Loudoun Civic and Transit Center, LLC
c/o Edgemoor Real Estate Services
7500 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 272-2994