Some Virginia neighbors are mobilizing to stop what they’re calling a massive and unnecessary “tree slaughter.” 

VDOT contractors have cut down hundreds of trees just outside the Beltway near the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Georgetown Pike. They’re extending Virginia’s High Occupancy Toll lanes to the Potomac and perhaps into Maryland.

At the outer loop exit onto the G.W., neighbors compare the damage to a strip mine.

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