The Vienna Town Council gave the go ahead on July 1st to submit a grant application for federal funding to improve the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) trail. The grant, which would require a 20% match from the Town, would secure up to $500,000, and would go towards constructing lighting, removing invasive species, and improving a number of crosswalks along …
This article was reposted with the permission of the Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling. On June 5, 2019, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation held a public hearing on its Intersection Improvement Study at Spring Hill Road and Lewinsville Road. The study includes plans for bike and pedestrian facilities, which is good, but the hearing highlighted a couple of problems with …
The Virginia Department of Transportation has just posted an online survey to help Fairfax County choose the name of the forthcoming I-66 trail. The 11 mile trail would connect Merrifield, the Fairfax County Government Center, Fair Lakes, Centreville, and Cub Run. Parts of the trail would run adjacent to 66, behind a noise barrier, while other parts would run along …
Fairfax County will solicit potential names for the proposed I-66 bike path at two public information meetings this month. Hosted by the Virginia Department of Transporation (VDOT), the meetings will provide an update on the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project. As it stands right now, the project includes 11 miles of bike and pedestrian lanes between Centreville and Gallows …
The I-66 lane widening construction which began last summer is expected to ramp up this year, as Fairfax County leaders hope to finish the project close to the original schedule. Intended to add a third lane between the heavily congested eastbound strip between the Dulles Connector Road and exit 71 (Ballston), the lane widening project is just the latest in …
