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Metro extension to cost $30 billion, siphon $100 million from annual county budget to maintain, study shows

A study that examined bringing extending Metro south from Springfield to Quantico is entering its final phase.

Wednesday, November 17, is the final day the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation will accept comments on its Springfield to Quantico Enhanced Public Transportation Feasibility Study. The state agency is slated to deliver its final report on its effort to the General Assembly early next month.

The process began in March and examined multiple options to improve transit in the Route 1 and Interstate 95 corridor from the Marine Corps Base to the Franconia-Springfield Metro station, the southern terminus of the Washington D.C. region's subway system.

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