It’s now just Route 29 and Route 50
Lee Highway and Lee Jackson Memorial Highway are no more. The names of those roads were officially changed to Route 29 and Route 50, respectively, as of July 5.
Affected residents and businesses need to update their addresses on driver’s licenses, utility documents, business licenses, and advertising. The county recommends they also change land records, mortgage documents, leases, loans, trusts, and wills as appropriate.
The address change occurred automatically for county-related records, including property tax records, voter registration, and Fairfax Water bills.
Fairfax County is developing a program to provide financial assistance to those affected. If approved by the Board of Supervisors, the program will provide grants to help with the costs associated with updating marketing materials, signage, and other expenses related to the name change.
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“The renaming of both roadways signifies our unwavering dedication to acknowledging the experiences of our community, especially our African American neighbors,” said Board of Supervisors Chair Jeffrey McKay. “Thanks to the dedicated work of all the community members who participated in the Confederate Names Task Force, we can put these divisive names behind us and continue to move our county in the right direction.”
The Board of Supervisors officially requested the Commonwealth Transportation Board approve the new names for those roads last September.
10 responses to “It’s now just Route 29 and Route 50”
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An address of xxxx Route 50 sounds awkward. Why didn’t they just continue Fairfax Blvd once it’s out of the city?
Because county politicians want to say that they did something while they were in the office, so they can use it to promote themselves when they run for a seat in the state then in the federal government. I told them in the interview to name it after me, so Lee Hwy can be not confederate and be “inclusive” without spending a penny. They went ahead and wasted the tax money after demanding 5cents per plastic bag for “groceries” so people cannot avoid it.
Is the county subsidizing the cost of the updates that people now need to make due to the county’s action? Why isn’t the county just automatically updating business owners’ licenses and people’s drivers license’s for them and mailing it too them. The county made this change and now the little people have to bear the cost to this decision.
Every single initiative the county undertakes is stupid. The county should provide basic local government services and functions, and that’s it.
It’s great news that we’re not endlessly celebrating Lee in Virginia.
I bet if you randomly polled 100 people in the area, around 5 could tell you who Lee was and why he was significant. The younger generations, especially, demonstrate by test scores that they have no idea what is happening around them, let alone what happened over 150 years ago. So, no, I don’t think “we” are “endlessly celebrating Lee.” That’s hyperbole at best — I would call that statement flat out false.
It’s TIME to rename Beauregard st.
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893), of Louisiana Creole descent, was the Confederate General who started the American Civil War at the battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name as an adult. He signed correspondence as G. T. Beauregard.
P. G. T. Beauregard
Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard, C.S.A – NARA – 528596.jpg
What is the difference between someone’s statement about Lee and the made up data you used – which you then extrapolate into denigrating students (I have extensive experience with them and find them far more aware than adults give them credit) and claiming a statement is “flat-out false”?
Lee is such a common name that for many years after moving here, I never gave a thought about who Lee Hwy was named for. Maybe this is one name that could have stayed, just avoiding any further specific reference to Gen. Lee.
But a name that I did take notice of soon after moving here was Jefferson Davis Hwy. No mistaking who that’s named after! JEB Stuart was another one.
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