As I covered earlier this week, Fairfax County planners released a revised 40-year plan for the Tysons Corner area.  A key ingredient of the plan is the Metro, which is scheduled to be completed by 2013, and attempts to create pedestrian walking areas, etc.

The Fairfax Times, while covering the release of the revised plan, noted that while things looks good now, "key aspects of the process that would turn a vision of Tysons Corner on paper into a reality of high-rises and pedestrian-friendly streets have yet to be resolved."  The paper points to two key areas of concern: "how to ensure development does not outpace the infrastructure that supports it, and how the county will pay for the future needs in the corridor."

I can also tell you as the Commissioner of McLean's Youth Football program, those of us involved in sports in the area are very concerned about ensuring there is an adequate amount of field space for the expected increase in population as a result of the Tysons development.  We are already busting at the seems now and with the tens of thousands of new residents projected to move here, we could face a real crisis if not it's not managed properly.

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