Originally Posted by
GodsBassist
I was out on mile 35 or so, and they were repaving a section a couple miles long. Granted this is Loudon County, where the average household income is significantly higher than here in Arlington, but it's good to hope that they'll do the same to parts that really need it here too, right?

They widened and repaved from Purcellville (MM45) all the way to the first intersection south of RT 9 as you head down the hill toward Leesburg from Clarks Gap.
There's a stretch from Hunter Mill to Vienna that they've put up that orange construction fence in places and spray painted lots of markings on the trail, so let's hold out hope