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‘Significant’ Streetcar Announcement Coming

Columbia Pike streetcar renderingUpdate at 12:40 p.m. — Fisette has announced that the streetcar project is being canceled.

Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette will make a “significant announcement” regarding the Arlington streetcar program today, according to a media alert from the county.

Fisette will hold a press conference at county government headquarters in Courthouse at noon, we’re told. There’s no word yet as to what will be announced.

The press conference will be broadcast on the county website and on Comcast channels 25 and 74 and Verizon FiOS channels 39 and 40.