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Generally, in difficult economic times, the message from the public is that they are willing to forgo non-essential services in order to maintain a reasonable tax rate and maintenance of critical services.

Unfortunately, every non-essential service has its proponents who consider it absolutely essential. The same is certainly true of highway rest areas.  

Once upon a time there was a windy little dirt road, just wide enough for two cars to drive in each direction, that connected Route 7 just west of Route 28 to Waxpool Road east of Ashburn.

Funded by Loudoun County through a 2006 bond referendum, the $23.3 million “Route 7-607 Interchange” project on Route 7 at the Loudoun County Parkway went out for bids in December 2008, with the winning bidder, Shirley Contracting Company LLC, starting the work in January 2009. Once completed, one of Loudoun County’s “Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections” will be eliminated.

It’s always a treat getting to talk to Representative Frank Wolf (R). The senior statesman of Virginia’s congressional delegation, he always comes back with progress and information unavailable to anyone else. Wolf shared his thoughts and strategies on the following subjects.