• Without rail at the Wilson Bridge, the crossing is expected to be congested within two years of opening. After spending over two and a half billion dollars on the project, this is unacceptable.
• Commuters at this vital crossing need a choice.
• The proposed National Harbor project, on the Maryland side of the bridge, is expected to add 70,000 car trips a day to beltway.
• Prince George's County sends over 95,000 workers a day to Northern Virginia jobs. Most of these people have no choice but to drive.
• Inner Prince George's suburbs like Oxon Hill have been promised rail for over 35 years. Given the chance to fulfill this promise, bridge planners once shunned these struggling communities.
• Rail at the crossing means cash and jobs for Prince George's; communities like Oxon Hill have the opportunity to focus development around the new metro stations, creating job opportunities that mean you don't have to drive to Virginia.
• Early studies of the Purple Line have showed strong ridership across the Wilson Bridge.
• The 12-lane bridge could mean a 12-lane beltway, a devastating prospect for a region already tied up in Mixing Bowl and Wilson Bridge construction traffic. We need an alternative, before the highways-only bridge leads us into more beltway widening, which could potentially be one of the costliest and most destructive highway projects in our regions' history. This project could negatively impact neighborhoods throughout the area with both social and economic consequences.
• The area is already out of conformity for air quality standards. We can't continue to choke Prince George's County, Alexandria, and Southeast DC in air pollution.
  

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