FCDOT proposes restriping projects
The Fairfax County Department of Transportation is proposing two restriping projects in the Annandale/Mason District area in coordination with VDOT’s 2027 repaving program.
These include:
- New bike lanes on Heritage Drive in Annandale between Heritage Woods Way and Four Year Run Drive.
- A proposed crosswalk improvement at S. 14th Street and Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads.
FCDOT is hosting a virtual meeting on those and other proposed restriping projects in the Braddock and Mason districts on Nov. 5, 7 p.m. Join the meeting on Microsoft Teams. Visit this page for other ways to access the meeting.
A survey will be available after the meeting with comments due Nov. 19.
“By presenting the proposals well in advance of the 2027 repaving season,” FCDOT says, the agency “aims to gather community feedback and finalize striping proposals for VDOT consideration and approval.”
VDOT usually doesn’t post its annual repaving plans until late winter.
The county has money for bike lanes that are not used but lacks funds for traffic lights at Woodburn School. And real estate taxes keep rising. Planning should be based on rigorous cost/benefit analysis so tax dollars are allocated to projects that satisfy the needs of the greatest number of residents in a particular neighborhood environment. The Board of Supervisors instead governs based on theories about urban design that are ill-suited to many suburban neighborhoods.