We want more convenient ways to get to work and do errands. Some road projects can help improve traffic and our quality of life, but not every road will. Outer Beltway projects like the Western Transportation Corridor (WTC) are sometimes prioritized despite the fact that they do not relieve traffic and they take billions of dollars away from transportation projects that will help.

The Western Transportation Corridor is a proposed $1.5 billion highway west of Washington's suburbs and it is part of the Outer Beltway. It would stretch more than 50 miles through Fauquier County, western Prince William County, and Loudoun County west of Dulles Airport. Many of the proponents of the highway are developers who need a road through semi-rural areas to make those areas viable for development. Dulles Airport is also a proponent seeking to attract freight. VDOT's own studies show that the road would do little to relieve traffic congestion on the Beltway or I-66, and it would actually increase traffic on several congested roads since it would open new areas to development (a phenomenon called induced traffic).