Tag: signs
County explores new ways to remove signs
Now that the Community Labor Force is going to stop collecting signs along roads and in medians, Fairfax County is exploring other solutions. The Community Labor Force consists of inmates at the Adult Detention Center. The Sheriff’s Office informed the Board of Supervisors that the CLF won’t be able to participate in the sign removal … Continued
Sign removal program expanded
Signs like this one in the VDOT right-of-way on Annandale Road, are prohibited. Six streets in the Annandale/Mason District area are among the 28 streets that have been added to the sign-removal program jointly run by Fairfax County and the Virginia Department of Transportation. Those streets include Annandale Road and John Marr Drive in Annandale; … Continued
Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners group urges crackdown on illegal signs
Signs in the right of way, like this one in Wilson Boulevard, are prohibited. The Board of Directors of the Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation (BC7RC), increasingly frustrated by the proliferation of illegal signs and litter in the area, has formally asked Fairfax County and Virginia Department of Transportation officials to take action. “A significant … Continued
The ABCs of Annandale
How many of these letters can you identify? They are all from signs on businesses in Annandale.
Code compliance officials address multiple-occupancy complaints
Complaints about this house in the Lincolnia area were filed last week about multiple occupancy and building code violations. Most complaints filed with the Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance are about multiple occupancy, said county officials at a meeting for civic association and homeowner association presidents March 22 hosted by Mason Supervisor Penny Gross. … Continued
Businesses encouraged to join Seven Corners cleanup effort
Trash by the car vacuums at the Sunoco station. Kay Cooper and Nancy Vorona, longtime community activists who’ve been working on cleaning up the Seven Corners area, are finding some of the business owners and managers are interested in helping, too. The two Lake Barcroft residents have taken on responsibility for picking up trash and … Continued
New ‘welcome to Annandale’ sign is an Eagle Scout project
Annandale has a great new welcome sign, thanks to Matthew Sonnen, a Camelot resident and ninth-grader at Falls Church High School, who organized the project as part his quest to become an Eagle Scout. The red, white, and blue sign, on a median strip between an Exxon gas station and Gallows Road just … Continued
Sign removal program starts this week
Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners. Beginning July 2, Fairfax County will remove illegal signs from the public rights of way along certain major roads. The county and the Virginia Department of Transportation entered into an agreement in February giving the county the authority to take down signs on land owned by VDOT. The county has … Continued
The signs of Annandale
By Robert Schwaninger Driving through Annandale can take a long time if you read all of the signs that are poking up, flapping in the breeze, being twirled by underpaid Latinos, or emblazoned in Korean characters. Right now no one is running for office so at least there aren’t the ubiquitous signs touting the name … Continued
Seven Corners working groups present reports to Land Use Task Force
Route 50 as seen from the pedestrian bridge. The short-term working groups addressing connectivity and quality of life issues presented their recommendations to the Seven Corners Land Use and Transportation Task Force March 12. The Connectivity Working Group focused on short-improvements to make the Seven Corners area easier to navigate by pedestrians and bicyclists. Rick … Continued
Fairfax County supervisors approve sign removal program
Roadside signs, like this one in Annandale, are illegal. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 26 authorized the county to enter into a legal agreement with the Virginia Department of Transportation to remove illegal signs from public rights-of-way along selected highways. The sign removal program will begin later this year and will operate … Continued
Fairfax County, VDOT agree on sign removal program
Signs along Route 7. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Virginia Department of Transportation have approved an agreement to allow the county to remove commercial and political signs in the VDOT public right of way. This is good news for the Annandale/Mason area, as thousands of signs advertising mattresses, furniture, cash for gold, … Continued