Tag: Lake Accotink
High schools compete in Trash Off
Here’s one way to get volunteers to clean up litter around Lake Accotink – make it a fun competition for high school teams. Friends of Lake Accotink Park is sponsoring quarterly Trash Off events for high school teams in cooperation with the Young FLAPers. The next Trash Off, originally scheduled for last Saturday, has been … Continued
Evaluations underway on Lake Accotink dredging project options
Lake Accotink is filling up with sediment. Options under consideration for drying out the sediment dredged out of Lake Accotink have been narrowed down to Wakefield Park near the maintenance facility, the Dominion Energy right of way, the upper lake settling basin, and the lake island. Several alternative sites – Howrey Park, the Wakefield Park … Continued
Lake Accotink dredging sites could disrupt the Howrey memorial, youth sports, and wildlife habitats
These signs were put up by the Friends of the Soldiers Memorial at Howrey Park. The options under consideration for dredging Lake Accotink are raising alarm bells among residents concerned about the potential environmental destruction and loss of sports fields. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed to fund a $30.5 million dredging project in … Continued
Park facilities are reopening
The carousel at Lake Accotink The Fairfax County Park Authority is reopening certain amusements, including the carousel, boating marina, and mini-golf at Lake Accotink Park. Facilities at other parks are reopening, too, such as the mini-train at Burke Lake Park, batting cages, and wagon rides.
Studies underway to prepare for Lake Accotink dredging project
Lake Accotink Planning and analysis for the Lake Accotink dredging project is well underway. Construction is not expected to start until March 2023, however, as key decisions need to be made about how the dredging will work. The project involves construction of a pipeline and a large clearing in Wakefield Park for drying out the … Continued
Lake Accotink trail to be repaired
A trail at Lake Accotink Park The Fairfax County Park Authority expects to begin work as early as this week on repairing a section of trail in Lake Accotink Park. The repairs will affect the trail between the park entrance at Danbury Forest Drive and the dam spillway. The work will include milling the existing … Continued
Lake Accotink pipeline could threaten park’s habitat
County officials and community residents take a “pipeline walk” in Lake Accotink Park, accompanied by the sounds of spring peepers, wood frogs, and birds. When Fairfax County officials announced a plan in September to install a pipeline to haul dredged sediment away from Lake Accotink, many community members were happy that the lake would be … Continued
New Braddock supervisor outlines priorities
James Walkinshaw speaks at a Braddock District Council meeting. A top priority for James Walkinshaw, the newly installed Braddock representative on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, is getting the state government to contribute more money to the county. As chair of the board’s Legislative Committee, Walkinshaw told the Braddock District Council (BDC) Jan. 8, … Continued
Supervisors approve funding plan for Lake Accotink
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Oct. 29 to fund the plan to save Lake Accotink. That plan, announced at a community meeting in September, would cost $30.5 million for an initial dredging operation and an additional $2.013 million annually for maintenance. The plan calls for the lake to be dredged and the sediment transferred via … Continued
Join the Annandale CROP Hunger Walk
Participants in a previous Annandale CROP Hunger Walk. [Photos: ACCA] Community members are invited to contribute to a good cause while enjoying a walk around Lake Accotink on Saturday, Oct. 19. The event is the Annandale CROP Hunger Walk sponsored by the Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA). Registration starts at 8 a.m. near the … Continued
County proposes $30.5 million plan to save Lake Accotink
A large crowd turns out for a community meeting on the county’s plan for saving Lake Accotink. Fairfax County officials have come up with a plan to save Lake Accotink and are confident they will get the money to carry out the project. The plan was announced at a community meeting Sept. 19 at Cardinal … Continued
Community invited to meeting on county’s plan to save Lake Accotink
Lake Accotink is shrinking, as it fills up with sediment The public is invited to a community meeting Sept. 19 to learn about the latest plans to save Lake Accotink. The meeting, at Cardinal Forest Elementary School, 8600 Forrester Blvd., Springfield, will be hosted by supervisors John Cook (Braddock) and Jeff McKay (Lee). There will … Continued
You’re invited: Join a mussel rescue party
Volunteers save mussels at Accotink Creek. [FACC] By Tony Vellucci The Friends of Accotink Creek (FACC) invite you to join their party this summer – a mussel rescue party! At one time, fresh water mussels are believed to have inhabited a number of streams in Fairfax County. Today, however, the only place Accotink watershed stream … Continued
Petitions call for bond referendum to protect Lake Accotink
The marina at Lake Accotink. Save Lake Accotink, an advocacy group that’s pushing Fairfax County to support a bond referendum to ensure the future existence of the lake, submitted a package of petitions with 4,168 signatures to the Park Authority May 25. The petitions will be presented to the Board of Supervisors June 5. Fairfax … Continued
Supervisors to weigh cost of saving Lake Accotink
The dam at Lake Accotink. Is Lake Accotink such a huge asset that it should be saved regardless of the cost? If nothing is done and the lake fills up with sediment, how will that affect property values? If the lake is dredged, how will the community deal with thousands of trucks carting dirt through … Continued