Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Falls Church considers improvements at the Eden Center

The Eden Center focuses on Vietnamese restaurants. The City of Falls Church has started a planning study for the city’s East End, which includes the Eden Center and the surrounding area adjacent to Seven Corners. The East End Small Area Plan would establish a conceptual framework for future development. However, no developers have come forward … Continued

School board member seeks feedback on Justice HS addition

A rendering of the Justice High School addition. [FCPS] School board member Ricardy Anderson (Mason) plans to put out a survey on Monday, Nov. 22, on Fairfax County Public Schools’ plan for the Justice High School addition project. Anderson announced the forthcoming survey in a Nov. 19 newsletter, which is sent to people who subscribe … Continued

Seven Corners Phasing Study prepares for ring road around congested intersection

A new ring road around the congested Seven Corners interchange will allow the traffic to move through the area more efficiently, said Tom Biesiadny, director of the Fairfax County Transportation Department at a Nov. 16 virtual community meeting on the Seven Corners Phasing Study. It will also make the intersection of Arlington Boulevard (Route 50), … Continued

Public feedback sought on Seven Corners transportation improvements

The Seven Corners conceptual street network. Click here for details. [FCDOT] The Fairfax County Department of Transportation seeks public input on the Seven Corners Phasing Study, beginning with pop-up events on Saturday, Nov. 13.  FCDOT is considering a plan to relieve congestion around the Seven Corners intersection at Leesburg Pike, Arlington Boulevard, and Wilson Boulevard … Continued

Planning Commission endorses expanding substance abuse treatments at Seven Corners mental hospital

Dominion Hospital The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a zoning special exception Oct. 27 to allow Dominion Hospital in Seven Corners to treat patients whose only medical condition is substance abuse.  Under current development conditions, the facility can only treat people for drug and alcohol dependency if they also have a psychiatric diagnosis. 

Seven Corners house fire started in the attic

Residents were out of town when their house caught fire. [Debi Gerard] A fire at a single-family home in the 6100 block of Munson Hill Road in Seven Corners was caused by “an unspecified electrical event involving household wiring” in the attic, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports.

Supervisors schedule public hearing on eminent domain for sewer project in Seven Corners

The new sewer is shown in red, temporary construction easements and grading agreements are in yellow, and affected properties are outlined in blue.  The Board of Supervisors on July 27 agreed to hold a public hearing on the need to use quick-take eminent domain powers for a sewer project in Seven Corners. The hearing is … Continued

Seven Corners pedestrian bridge improvements would discourage loitering and vandalism

One of the stairwells at the pedestrian bridge in Seven Corners. Fairfax County is considering several options for retrofitting the pedestrian bridge over Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners to minimize problems with littering, vandalism, and loitering. The project would replace the non-structural concrete panels on the two stairwells with more visually open materials. The objective … Continued