Sidewalk and fence installed at Justice Park
The Fairfax County Department of Transportation has completed the $900,000, 825-foot sidewalk on Peace Valley Lane next to Justice Park.
The sidewalk had been bitterly opposed by nearby residents, who complained that the funds could be better spent on more worthy projects. Among other issues, they argued the sidewalk wasn’t needed because, since it was first proposed, a sidewalk had been constructed on the other side of the street, next to Justice High School.
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The new sidewalk extends from the middle of the cul-de-sac on Peace Valley Lane to the end of the tennis courts in Justice Park. It doesn’t go all the way to Mansfield Road.
The opponents of the sidewalk now complain that a new steel fence separating a large section of the sidewalk from Justice Park is way out of place.
Kathleen Brown calls the fence “hideous” and unnecessary and says it blocks access to the outdoor classroom and the trails in the park.
What was needed was a short handrail above the stream, she said, and “what we got was this ugly steel grate that extends for about 50 feet.”
A project to restore the stream in Justice Park is in the “pre-design phase.”
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Do we not have bigger things to complain about??
The answer to your question is no, we do not have bigger things to complain about.
Governor Spanberger, working with the Democrat controlled Virginia Legislature, in her one year in office has brought affordable costs back to Mason District, and we will soon be enjoying a thriving and growing retail marketplace for consumers of affordable, high-potency cannabis.
This sidewalk is all that is left for this Progressive blog to complain about.
What on earth are you talking about? Put down the weed, man.
And how about the money spent on the name change to, “Justice HS” from, “JEB Stuart HS?” Sixty-seven % of the student body is either Hispanic or Asian. They don’t know or care about the history behind the original name. Maybe 10% of the SB is black. Even Liberals I know were opposed to the name change. I just met a 2020 Justice grad who confirmed the back story behind the name change I had heard. He said the consensus preference was merely, “Stuart” which is what recently happened @ Woodson, changing it from W.T. to C.G. Woodson. The money spent of the name change would have been better used for computers, etc. that under-founded schools complain about than to assuage the guilty consciences of self-loathing affluent limousine Liberal women who in the Lake Barcroft area and who themselves can afford the very things for their kids which the 67% of minority kids’ parents can’t.
How do you know the Latinos and Asians don’t know and don’t care about the history of the original name? Don’t assume, don’t generalize and don’t minimize our knowledge and opinions.
Have you seen the bleeding test scores at Justice? That’s a good indication of general student awareness.
It costs approximately $1 million dollars to complete a school name change. That money could have made a huge difference in school needs/improvements. The “cancellation” of history does not improve anything, in fact it does the opposite. It make buries the past and white washes the actual truth.
Not sure why the whole name change is being dredged back up since it’s spilled milk under the bridge at this point, but since you brought it up: Naming something like a school after someone is an honor, not a record. No one is suggesting removing Stuart (or Lee or any of the other names) from actual history books. So the real question is: Should people who fought for the right to own slaves continue to be honored?
This argument that removing Confederate monuments and names is “cancelling” history is ridiculous. You can no more cancel history than you can cancel a memory. The facts will remain noted in history books and museums. The question is who do we memorialize and honor? The people who were traitors to the Union and fought to maintain the right to own slaves? It seems you think we should honor those men and are just hiding behind the suggestion that removing their monuments erases or cancels history. You wouldn’t dare say you want to honor them because they were fighting for a just cause. If you want to erect a monument to Confederate generals, you can do it in your back yard.
A total waste of money. I agree with the two previous comments.
Wishing the best for others affected by this fence. May they gather the fortitude to travel 50 feet, as I have (to cross the street before the sidewalk was put in).
That fence is a good upgrade to that street. I’m glad to see it, only problem is it’s about 40 years too late.