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GREAT FALLS McLEAN OAKTON TYSONS VIENNA
VOLUME 39
NO. 39
JUNE 21-27, 2018
Vienna Garage Plan Wins Partial Funding
N.Va. Transportation Authority Offers to Pick Up Half the $4.6 Million Cost BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
The town of Vienna may have to cover only half the cost of its planned $4.6 million municipal parking area in a new commercial building on Mill Street, N.E., if
the Vienna Town Council accepts a $2.3 million grant awarded June 14 by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA). Terms of the deal still must be worked out and it’s not likely the Council will be able to decide on the grant at the body’s
next meeting on July 9, town officials said. Following a six-week summer break, the Council’s next opportunity to approve the proposal would be on Aug. 20. Town Manager Mercury Payton said he was “very pleased and excited” about NVTA’s grant decision and said the funds,
if approved, would ease the town’s financial burden in making the long-sought garage a reality. Town officials applied for the NVTA grant under the justification that the gaContinued on Page 22
CELEBRATING HARD WORK, ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR GRADS McLean High School students Siddarth Shankar, Philena Sun and Austin Zhang pose with their diplomas after graduating June 8 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington. This week’s Sun Gazette has coverage of a whopping seven local high-school graduations throughout the paper. Plus, if you go to www.insidenova.com/ news/fairfax, you can find slide shows of coverage plus an archive of all the local graduation ceremonies (and college commencements) that we’ve covered throughout the season.
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