August 8, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: transportation

Unsafe bus shelter on Columbia Pike will be removed

#bus, #transportation
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The 16L pulls up to the bus stop at Columbia Pike and Braddock Road. The bus shelter on Columbia Pike near Braddock Road is expected to be taken down soon by the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority because WMATA determined it’s structurally unsound and unsafe. The bus shelter is considered structurally unsound. If it is removed, … Continued

Board of Supervisors approves Seven Corners redevelopment plan

#Board of Supervisors, #land use, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #transportation, #Willston Center
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    The Seven Corners plan calls for affordable housing to be replaced on a one-to-one basis. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a long-term plan for the redevelopment of Seven Corners shortly after midnight July 29 after adding  provisions to ensure that affordable housing will be retained, that a school will be built … Continued

Study explores transit options for Route 7

#traffic, #transit, #transportation
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Route 7, looking northwest toward the Columbia Pike intersection, on a weekday afternoon. A study underway by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC), known as Envision Route 7, is exploring options for transit that could relieve traffic congestion through the Seven Corners and Bailey’s Crossroads areas. The study has so far narrowed the transit options … Continued

Supervisors approve Community Parking District for all of Mason

#Mason District, #neighborhood groups, #parking, #traffic, #transportation
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This boat, on the end of Valley Crest Drive in Annandale, hasn’t been near the water in decades. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed June 23 to create a Community Parking District (CPD)  covering all of Mason District. That means boats, campers, trailers, RVs, and related vehicles can no longer be parked on residential … Continued

Planning Commission defers decision on Seven Corners redevelopment

#housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #traffic, #transportation
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There was lots of discussion at the Planning Commission hearing about the need to retain affordable housing. The Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred a decision on the Seven Corners Amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan to July 8. People who spoke at the Planning Commission’s public hearing May 7 were pretty much split among those … Continued

Gross considering having all of Mason covered by a Community Parking District

#cars, #Gross, #neighborhood groups, #parking, #police, #transportation
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Boats like this one on Terrace Drive in Annandale would be banned in a Community Parking District. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross plans to decide by this summer whether to go forward with a proposal to create a Community Parking District (CPD) to cover the entire Mason District. Within a CPD, boats, motor homes, campers, trailers, … Continued

Gross supports community school concept

#Gross, #land use, #Mason District, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #transportation
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Ernie Wells looks at maps of proposed Seven Corners redevelopment concepts at a community meeting at Bailey’s Elementary School. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross told the audience at a community meeting on Seven Corners redevelopment Feb. 19 that she supports the concept of a community school and that the Willston Center is a possible a location. … Continued

I-95 widening will affect local traffic

#traffic, #transportation, #VDOT
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Residents look at maps at the VDOT meeting. The Annandale Blogger was unable to attend the VDOT community meeting on plans to widen I-395 and thanks a reader for submitting the following article. Trade-offs seemed to be the theme at the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Feb. 10 public information meeting at Holmes Middle School on … Continued