November 24, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: infrastructure

Construction begins on Ravensworth roundabout

#infrastructure, #traffic
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The roundabout as seen from Jayhawk Street.  There’s a new traffic pattern on Ravensworth Road as the Virginia Department of Transportation has marked off the area at the Jayhawk Street/Fountainhead Drive in Annandale where a temporary roundabout will be installed.   Drivers who want to turn left from those streets onto Ravensworth will have to … Continued

Overpass in Seven Corners to be rehabilitated

#infrastructure, #Seven Corners, #traffic, #transportation, #VDOT
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is hosting a public information meeting April 3 on a project to rehabilitate the one-way bridge linking the eastbound Arlington Boulevard service road to eastbound Wilson Boulevard in Seven Corners. The meeting is at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School, 333 Sleepy Hollow Road. The presentation begins at 7 p.m., but VDOT … Continued

Roads identified for repaving

#infrastructure, #transportation, #VDOT
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A typical repaving vehicle used by VDOT contractors. The public is invited to a community meeting March 13 in the Mason Government Center on the Virginia Department of Transportation’s plans for road paving and restriping projects this year in Mason District. Road engineers and transportation planners from VDOT and the Fairfax County Department of Transportation … Continued

County seeks land rights for pedestrian improvements at Columbia Pike/Gallows Road

#infrastructure, #pedestrians, #traffic
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This intersection needs to be made safer for pedestrians. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 23 authorized a public hearing to consider the acquisition of land rights from three property owners to facilitate the construction of pedestrian improvements at the intersection of Columbia Pike and Gallows Road in Annandale. The hearing would be … Continued

Backlick Road sidewalk project under way

#infrastructure, #pedestrians
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This path will be replaced with a six-foot wide sidewalk. The Fairfax County Department of Transportation is planning a $1.5 million sidewalk project for Backlick Road between Cindy Lane and Degroff Court in Annandale. The project includes new six-foot wide sidewalks with curb ramps that comply with the Americans for Disabilities Act, new storm drain … Continued

Urban design guidelines in the works for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners

#Bailey's Crossroads, #infrastructure, #land use, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners
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The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) is working on urban design guidelines for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners that will address such issues as landscaping, sidewalks, how buildings should be sited, how storefronts should look, and what amenities like benches and lighting should look like. The draft, including illustrations of how various urban elements … Continued

Section of Holmes Run Stream Valley Trail to close for emergency sewer repair project

#infrastructure, #parks, #streams, #trails
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Holmes Run Stream Valley. [City of Alexandria] A short section of Holmes Run Stream Valley Trail will be closed, starting the week of Oct. 23, for an emergency project to repair a sanitary sewer line, the Fairfax County Park Authority reports. Depending on the level of repairs required, an approximately 1,500-foot section of trail could … Continued

Final plan for Braddock Road improvements released

#biking, #Braddock District, #infrastructure, #pedestrians, #traffic, #transportation
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Braddock Road, approaching the beltway.  The final plan for the Braddock Road Improvement Project has been announced by Braddock Supervisor John Cook. The plan calls for improvements at 17 intersections between Ravensworth Road and Guinea Road and 10-foot wide shared-use paths – for bicyclists and pedestrians – on both sides of the heavily used corridor. … Continued

Mini-roundabout would improve traffic flow on Ravensworth Road

#Gross, #infrastructure, #traffic, #transportation
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Ravensworth Road at Jayhawk Street. A temporary mini-roundabout to be installed this summer at the intersection of Ravensworth Road and Jayhawk Street/Fountainhead Drive in Annandale is supposed to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety and deter speeding. After learning about the roundabout project at a meeting June 5, most residents seemed to think it might … Continued