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Changes in store for Fairfax Co Pkwy
Posted by:
Chris Core
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Date: October 25, 2012 07:14AM
FairfaxTimes.com
Transportation officials say they will continue to focus efforts on improving traffic flow on the Fairfax County Parkway in the coming years.
At a town hall meeting focused on the challenges of the parkway, including congestion, Virginia Department of Transportation representatives said there are a few projects moving ahead and a few more that are waiting in the wings for transportation dollars to materialize. Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity (R) hosted the town hall meeting.
Already in excess of 50,000 to 80,000 cars travel the parkway each day, according to a 2011 safety study, and that is expected to continue to increase.
“You’re looking at interstate volumes,” said Garrett Moore, VDOT’s Northern Virginia District administrator.
A project now under way to remove one major bottleneck on the parkway, the new interchange at Fair Lakes Parkway and Monument Drive, is progressing slightly ahead of schedule, said Lauren Mollerup, the regional land use and transportation director for VDOT.
In a few weeks, the new bridges that will carry the parkway over Fair Lakes Parkway and Monument Drive will open, which is a major milestone for the project. The entire project is slated to be complete by the end of next year.
On the southern end of the parkway, VDOT expects to begin construction on the loop ramp at Rolling Road to help relieve congestion around the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency facility that opened last year.
VDOT and the county are also working together on a maintenance plan for the Fairfax County Parkway trail, a paved bike and pedestrian trail that runs the length of the parkway and is currently in poor condition.
Future ideas for improvements on the parkway include adding an HOV lane and adding interchanges at several locations, including Route 1, Popes Head Road and McLearen Road. However, none of these projects have funding for design studies, let alone construction.
VDOT is facing an ever-shrinking pool of construction dollars as it shifts that funding to cover maintenance needs. Unless new revenues are identified, the agency projects that it won’t be able to cover any new construction costs by 2017.
“We don’t have the money to solve your problems,” said Sen. David Marsden (D- Dist.37), who attended the town hall meeting. “We’ve borrowed everything we can borrow, we’ve pulled every trick in the book.”
Marsden and other legislators told residents at the meeting that they will continue to try and address the transportation funding challenges in the upcoming General Assembly session.
kschumitz@fairfaxtimes.com
DISCUSSING is a CORE VALUE.
Transportation officials say they will continue to focus efforts on improving traffic flow on the Fairfax County Parkway in the coming years.
At a town hall meeting focused on the challenges of the parkway, including congestion, Virginia Department of Transportation representatives said there are a few projects moving ahead and a few more that are waiting in the wings for transportation dollars to materialize. Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity (R) hosted the town hall meeting.
Already in excess of 50,000 to 80,000 cars travel the parkway each day, according to a 2011 safety study, and that is expected to continue to increase.
“You’re looking at interstate volumes,” said Garrett Moore, VDOT’s Northern Virginia District administrator.
A project now under way to remove one major bottleneck on the parkway, the new interchange at Fair Lakes Parkway and Monument Drive, is progressing slightly ahead of schedule, said Lauren Mollerup, the regional land use and transportation director for VDOT.
In a few weeks, the new bridges that will carry the parkway over Fair Lakes Parkway and Monument Drive will open, which is a major milestone for the project. The entire project is slated to be complete by the end of next year.
On the southern end of the parkway, VDOT expects to begin construction on the loop ramp at Rolling Road to help relieve congestion around the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency facility that opened last year.
VDOT and the county are also working together on a maintenance plan for the Fairfax County Parkway trail, a paved bike and pedestrian trail that runs the length of the parkway and is currently in poor condition.
Future ideas for improvements on the parkway include adding an HOV lane and adding interchanges at several locations, including Route 1, Popes Head Road and McLearen Road. However, none of these projects have funding for design studies, let alone construction.
VDOT is facing an ever-shrinking pool of construction dollars as it shifts that funding to cover maintenance needs. Unless new revenues are identified, the agency projects that it won’t be able to cover any new construction costs by 2017.
“We don’t have the money to solve your problems,” said Sen. David Marsden (D- Dist.37), who attended the town hall meeting. “We’ve borrowed everything we can borrow, we’ve pulled every trick in the book.”
Marsden and other legislators told residents at the meeting that they will continue to try and address the transportation funding challenges in the upcoming General Assembly session.
kschumitz@fairfaxtimes.com
DISCUSSING is a CORE VALUE.
Re: Changes in store for Fairfax Co Pkwy
Posted by:
Jess1
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Date: October 25, 2012 09:22AM
"We don’t have the money to solve your problems,” said Sen. David Marsden (D- Dist.37), who attended the town hall meeting.
Marsden, you're a moron. Seriously. "We" don't have the coin for 1/2 dozen intersections, repaving, and ramp improvements on the new main N/S artery in NoVa, but hey - we can obligate NoVa taxpayers for the HOT lanes... but that wouldn't have paid off the right "constituents", would it David?
We're f****d.
Marsden, you're a moron. Seriously. "We" don't have the coin for 1/2 dozen intersections, repaving, and ramp improvements on the new main N/S artery in NoVa, but hey - we can obligate NoVa taxpayers for the HOT lanes... but that wouldn't have paid off the right "constituents", would it David?
We're f****d.
Posted by:
chuckhoffmann
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Date: October 25, 2012 09:34AM
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2013 02:43PM by chuckhoffmann.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2013 02:43PM by chuckhoffmann.
Re: Changes in store for Fairfax Co Pkwy
Posted by:
Jess1
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Date: October 25, 2012 09:37AM
" depaving rural roads to avoid the high maintenance costs."
Why? VA (like most states) collects just under $100,000 per mile of paved road per year in gas, diesel, oil, lubes, service station, and other OTR taxes & fees. How 'bout spending that income on.... roads?
Why? VA (like most states) collects just under $100,000 per mile of paved road per year in gas, diesel, oil, lubes, service station, and other OTR taxes & fees. How 'bout spending that income on.... roads?
Re: Changes in store for Fairfax Co Pkwy
Posted by:
You are my density
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Date: October 25, 2012 10:14AM
The way the metro extensions fan out, it guarantees there'll be much more demand for road improvements as there's limited room around the stations to build up the density.
Re: Changes in store for Fairfax Co Pkwy
Posted by:
No More Roads
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Date: October 25, 2012 11:53AM
Very simple. It's 2012, if there isn't a road yet then too bad.
Sooner than later we have to face the grim task of climate change, energy efficiency and the realization of one to many people on the planet.
The world is played out, We have to face the consequences of our gross materialism. We fucked up.
Sermon over.
Sooner than later we have to face the grim task of climate change, energy efficiency and the realization of one to many people on the planet.
The world is played out, We have to face the consequences of our gross materialism. We fucked up.
Sermon over.
Re: Changes in store for Fairfax Co Pkwy
Posted by:
viki
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Date: October 25, 2012 03:50PM
I do not understand why they do not just re-time some of the lights on the parkway! Anyone who commutes daily using the parkway can see its the timing of the lights that back up traffic. The light at huntsman in the afternoon is ridiculous. As is the light at popes head in the morning and afternoon. The ramp at Fair lakes wont do anything to help traffic. This is just wasteful spending at its finest.
Re: Changes in store for Fairfax Co Pkwy
Posted by:
One less
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Date: October 25, 2012 04:09PM
viki Wrote:
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> I do not understand why they do not just re-time
> some of the lights on the parkway! Anyone who
> commutes daily using the parkway can see its the
> timing of the lights that back up traffic. The
> light at huntsman in the afternoon is ridiculous.
> As is the light at popes head in the morning and
> afternoon. The ramp at Fair lakes wont do anything
> to help traffic. This is just wasteful spending
> at its finest.
Retime the lights +100
Wasteful spending +1000
One to many people -1,000,000,000
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> I do not understand why they do not just re-time
> some of the lights on the parkway! Anyone who
> commutes daily using the parkway can see its the
> timing of the lights that back up traffic. The
> light at huntsman in the afternoon is ridiculous.
> As is the light at popes head in the morning and
> afternoon. The ramp at Fair lakes wont do anything
> to help traffic. This is just wasteful spending
> at its finest.
Retime the lights +100
Wasteful spending +1000
One to many people -1,000,000,000