February 23, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: VDOT

Road repaving, restriping plan announced for Mason District

#Annandale, #biking, #infrastructure, #Mason District, #transportation, #VDOT
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More bike lanes are coming to Mason District. The Virginia Department of Transportation will repave dozens of roads in Mason District over the next few months, which will give the Fairfax County Department of Transportation an opportunity to paint bike lanes on some of those roads. Much of the repaving will be concentrated in the … Continued

Residents urge officials to curb speeding and ban trucks on Backlick Road

#accidents, #Annandale, #parking, #safety, #traffic, #transportation, #VDOT
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An accident on Backlick Road and Jayhawk Street on Jan. 6. [Aaron Kelley] Two serious accidents that occurred within 10 minutes of one another at about 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 6 highlight the safety concerns on Backlick Road in Annandale. A witness, Aaron Kelley, saw people holding infants as they got out of their wrecked … Continued

Detours and delays expected at Seven Corners intersection this weekend

#infrastructure, #Seven Corners, #traffic, #transportation, #VDOT

The Virginia Department of Transportation urges drivers to avoid the Seven Corners intersection next weekend, as workers will be demolishing the Wilson Boulevard bridge deck and installing a new deck. Eastbound and westbound Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard) at the Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) interchange and eastbound Wilson Boulevard (Route 613) between the eastbound Route 50 … Continued

Roads in Bailey’s Crossroads scheduled for repaving

#Bailey's Crossroads, #biking, #infrastructure, #transportation, #VDOT
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The roads in red in this area of Bailey’s Crossroads are on VDOT’s road paving schedule.  The Virginia Department of Transportation’s 2019 road paving and restriping program in Mason District will focus mostly on the Falls Church, Bailey’s Crossroads, and Bren Mar Park areas. See the VDOT map for specific roads. VDOT staff will explain … Continued

VDOT open house features traffic management and safety agencies

#emergencies, #government services, #safety, #traffic, #transportation, #VDOT

Dozens of trucks on display at VDOT’s Incident Management Open House. Although traffic congestion is a way of life in the D.C. metro region, imagine how much worse it would be without the dozens of agencies from multiple jurisdictions that work to keep things running as smoothly as possible. Many of those agencies took part … Continued

Gallows Road repaving, bike lane striping to start in September

#infrastructure, #VDOT
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VDOT’s repaving map for the Annandale area shows roads where repaving is completed (blue), in progress (green), and scheduled (red).  The Virginia Department of Transportation is expected to start repaving Gallows Road between Columbia Pike and Annandale Road in September, weather permitting. As part of this process, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) will … Continued

Overpass in Seven Corners to be rehabilitated

#infrastructure, #Seven Corners, #traffic, #transportation, #VDOT
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is hosting a public information meeting April 3 on a project to rehabilitate the one-way bridge linking the eastbound Arlington Boulevard service road to eastbound Wilson Boulevard in Seven Corners. The meeting is at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School, 333 Sleepy Hollow Road. The presentation begins at 7 p.m., but VDOT … Continued

Roads identified for repaving

#infrastructure, #transportation, #VDOT
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A typical repaving vehicle used by VDOT contractors. The public is invited to a community meeting March 13 in the Mason Government Center on the Virginia Department of Transportation’s plans for road paving and restriping projects this year in Mason District. Road engineers and transportation planners from VDOT and the Fairfax County Department of Transportation … Continued

Supervisors urge VDOT to step up grass mowing

#Board of Supervisors, #Cook, #property maintenance, #VDOT
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An overgrown median strip. Supervisors Jeff McKay (Lee) and John Cook (Braddock) announced June 19 that they are sending a joint letter to Virginia Department of Transportation officials calling for improved grass maintenance in Fairfax County. The supervisors urge Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne to reinstitute the policy of six mowing cycles a year. They … Continued