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MEDIA ADVISORY: TYSONS TUNNEL RALLY SET FOR TONIGHT
Attendees will learn about Dulles Metrorail latest developments,
prospects for a tunnel under Tysons Corner

Tysons Corner, Va. (July 9, 2007)—TysonsTunnel.org will hold a town hall meeting this evening in Falls Church to update concerned Northern Virginians on the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project and on a proposed tunnel under Tysons Corner.

TysonsTunnel.org scheduled the town hall meeting after receiving an overwhelming number of local citizen and business owner demands for information about the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project and the prospects for a tunnel. The requests for the update session were made by residents of the Falls Church, Merrifield, Dunn Loring areas and numerous other Northern Virginia communities.

The 90-minute session will include a technical presentation by engineers, tunnel experts and other underground transportation experts focusing on the benefits of a tunnel as well as a presentation by TysonsTunnel.org President Scott A. Monett encouraging continued support for a tunnel and explaining how the organization is working toward a hoped-for compromise that would result in a tunnel as part of the railway through Tysons Corner.

Here are the specifics for tonight’s TysonsTunnel.org town hall meeting:

Who:
TysonsTunnel.org

What:
Town Hall Meeting

When: 
Today at 7:30 p.m.

Where:
The State Theatre
220 North Washington Street
Falls Church, Va.  22046

Why:
To update concerned citizens from the communities of Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington, Dunn Loring, Falls Church, Merrifield and other Northern Virginia localities as well as D.C. and Maryland on:

• Recent Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project developments and the project’s current status;
• How the project has progressed to where it is today and who are the key decision makers who backed an aerial platform through Tysons Corner; and
• How TysonsTunnel.org is continuing its efforts to secure a tunnel under Northern Virginia’s largest business center.

TysonsTunnel.org represents an unprecedented coalition of community associations, small businesses, environmental groups, landowners, civic groups, homeowner associations, major corporations and private citizens calling for competitive bidding of the design-build work for a Tysons tunnel and the Metrorail extension to Dulles Airport.

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For media inquiries:
Alan Greilsamer / Communications Resources, LLC
Phone: (703)760-7007 office / (703) 201-2508 mobile
E-mail: agreilsamer@communications-resources.com