Tag: trails
Scene around A-Town: Frogs!
I’ve walked along the Holmes Run Stream Valley trail several times a month for years and never saw anything like this: On Sunday, Feb. 28, a large puddle next to the trail was filled with hundreds of very loud frogs. This was on the part of the trail in Annandale near Round Tree Park. The … Continued
Bridge project under way at Green Spring Gardens
The bridge/stream restoration project should take about three months. [Photo by David Seigel] Construction of a new pedestrian bridge at Green Spring Gardens is well under way. The old bridge was damaged during Tropical Storm Lee in 2011. The $300,000 project includes a longer steel-frame bridge and stream bank restoration. In related Green Spring Gardens … Continued
Stream restoration projects under way in Wakefield Park
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
Trail bridge at Green Spring Gardens is being replaced
The trail bridge at Green Spring Gardens is being replaced by the Fairfax County Park Authority. The three-month construction project will start within the next few weeks. The existing bridge needs to be replaced because of stream erosion. The new bridge will be longer and its supports will be wider apart. The $300,000 project consists … Continued
Trail in Wakefield Park will be paved
The Cross County Trail near Americana Park. The Fairfax County Park Authority is planning to pave a 7,800-foot stretch of the Cross County Trail in Wakefield Park between Braddock Road and Americana Park in Annandale. The public is invited to a meeting on the project Oct. 15, 7 p.m., at Kings Glen Elementary School, 5401 … Continued
Repaving work on Cross County Trail to start next week
Repaving work on the Cross County Trail near Lake Accotink is scheduled to start Sept. 21, the Fairfax County Park Authority announced Sept. 9. The project includes repaving the trail from Braddock Road to a point approximately 5,200 feet south, repaving an existing trail connection to the Danbury Forest community, and replacing an existing wooden … Continued
Local teen fixes up Long Branch trail
Carter Murray on Long Branch trail. The trail along the Long Branch Stream in Annandale has been improved by Carter Murray, 17, who completed an Eagle Scout project involving the use of gravel to smooth out the trail. Murray, a senior at Woodson High School and member to Boy Scout Troop 1965, started planning the … Continued
Eakin Park project raises concerns about threat to frogs
A frog in Eakin Park. [Photos by Gary Rubin] Preparation for a construction project near the pond in Eakin Park in Annandale has raised alarm bells that the frogs who breed in a vernal pool nearby might be danger. Gary Rubin, who lives near Eakin Park, says his children enjoy watching the frogs and tadpoles … Continued
Volunteers form friends group for Long Branch Stream Valley
Volunteers collect trash along the Long Branch trail Oct. 18. [LBSV photos] Volunteers from several Annandale and Fairfax neighborhoods created a new group, the Friends of Long Branch Stream Valley, to maintain the trail and address erosion, water quality management, invasive species removal, and related environmental issues. The 2.75-mile Long Branch trail follows the stream … Continued
Cross County Trail renamed in honor of Rep. Connolly
Rep. Connolly (center) at the trail-naming ceremony. The 40-mile Cross County Trail is now known as the “Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail,” in recognition of the congressman’s strong support for open space and parkland, as well as his role in creating the trail. The name change occurred at a Fairfax County Park Authority ceremony … Continued
Reitman and Lavoie are Mason District’s Lord and Lady Fairfax
Gross, Lavoie, and Reitman Mason Supervisor Penny Gross has appointed Jan Reitman as 2014 “Lord Fairfax” and Terry O’Hara Lavoie as “Lady Fairfax.” They will represent Mason District at a June 3 ceremony during the annual Celebrate Fairfax festival. The Lord and Lady Fairfax program calls for each member of the Board of Supervisors to … Continued
Community will have input on plans for widening Braddock Road
More than 200 people packed into the lecture hall at Lake Braddock Secondary School for a meeting hosted by Braddock Supervisor John Cook on options for relieving traffic congestion on Braddock Road. The Braddock Road Multimodal Study, being carried out by the Fairfax County Transportation Department (FCDOT) is exploring options for improving transportation on the … Continued
Park Authority planning trail improvements at Lake Accotink
Lake Accotink dam [Park Authority photo]. The Fairfax County Park Authority is planning trail improvements at Lake Accotink Park in Springfield, including an elevated walkway over the dam outfall. A public meeting to discuss the project will be held Jan. 27, at 7 p.m., at Braddock Hall, 9002 Burke Lake Road in Burke. The existing … Continued
Bike/pedestrian accessibility improved at beltway in Annandale
New crosswalks on Gallows Road at the beltway. The Virginia Department of Transportation’s recently completed $550,000 project to improve bicycle and pedestrian accessibility at the beltway overpasses on Gallows Road and Little River Turnpike are helpful but could have been better. That’s the assessment of avid bicyclist Pete Beers, who lives in the Falls Church … Continued
Restoration of Luria Park boardwalk to start soon
Renovations of the boardwalk at Luria Park in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County are expected to start within the next month, and the project is anticipated to be completed by the end of the year. The contractor, Accubid Construction Co., will demolish approximately 80 feet of the existing boardwalk, construct a new prefabricated … Continued