May 2, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
Pinecrest School

Tag: stormwater

A shopping center construction project is causing problems for a next-door neighbor

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #redevelopment, #retail, #stormwater
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Water runoff from a shopping center under construction on Leesburg Pike toward Washington Drive during last week’s rainstorm. [Irene Xenos] Abdul Bunyas, a resident of 3412 Washington Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads for the past 19 years, says construction of a shopping center next door has caused flooding in his yard and a wall at the … Continued

Water quality experts meet in Wakefield Park to study impact on Chesapeake Bay watershed

#education, #environment, #stormwater, #streams, #water, #wildlife
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Vickie Blazer of the USGS and her assistants dissect a fish to demonstrate the history of fish health problems in the Chesapeake Bay watershed [Fairfax County] About 50 people from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Environmental Protection Agency, congressional staff, and the Fairfax County Stormwater Planning Division gathered at Wakefield Park in Annandale on … Continued

Residents discuss options on future of Lake Accotink

#environment, #infrastructure, #Lake Accotink, #nature, #parks, #Recreation, #stormwater, #streams, #wildlife
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About 100 people attend a meeting at Kings Glen Elementary School in Springfield on the future of Lake Accotink. Members of the public heard about five options for dealing with the silt build-up in Lake Accotink, including the possibility of severely limiting the size of the lake or even transforming it into wetlands. Dozens of … Continued

Volunteers clean up Lake Accotink Park

#environment, #Lake Accotink, #litter, #parks, #stormwater, #streams, #volunteers
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Mountains of trash collected by volunteers at Lake Accotink. [Michael A. Richards] The Spring Cleanup at Lake Accotink Park on April 2 netted an estimated 975 pounds of trash, reports park supervisor Julie Tahan. The cleanup was one of many scheduled for Saturday at parks and streams throughout Fairfax County, including Annandale Community Park, Long … Continued

Stream restoration project in Pinecrest Golf Course to start this month

#environment, #infrastructure, #parks, #stormwater, #streams, #water

Pinecrest Golf Course. The Fairfax County Park Authority expects to begin work in mid-February on renovating a portion of Turkeycock Run within the Pinecrest Golf Course, at 6600 Little River Turnpike in the Alexandria portion of Mason District. The project is being done to stabilize Turkeycock Run to reduce erosion and sedimentation within the watershed.  … Continued

Stream restoration projects under way in Wakefield Park

#environment, #infrastructure, #parks, #stormwater, #streams, #trails

Accotink Creek in Wakefield Park The Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services is carrying out two stream restoration projects at Wakefield Park in Annandale.  Work along 3,700 feet in the Accotink Creek watershed area will include the installation of various in-stream structures, a pedestrian bridge crossing, and pipe culverts, as well as … Continued

Suspicious device found in storm drain

#police, #stormwater
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A strange, possibly dangerous object found in a storm drain in the 9300 block of Glenbrook Road in the Mantua neighborhood in Fairfax July 21 was determined to be an inert (training) round from a bazooka like those used in the Korean War, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The device was discovered by a … Continued