VDOT
The widening project study area goes along a 3-mile stretch of Route 1/Richmond Highway in Fairfax County where traffic congestion and safety have concerned residents for years.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted recently to move ahead with the most recent design presented by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).
The project re-envisions Richmond Highway in Fairfax County: widening it to three lanes in each direction from Jeff Todd Way and Sherwood Hall Lane and leaving room for future bus rapid transit lanes. It also includes above-ground utilities, despite some requests for underground utilities instead.
“We have not found a path yet, we are still looking at it,” said Supervisor Dan Storck regarding underground utilities.
He called the highway project a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to get utility lines buried along the highway, according to Covering the Corridor. (Read more about the utilities discussion here.)
Bike paths and sidewalks on both sides, with some underground crossings, are part of the plan, as well. The highway has a long history of pedestrian injuries and deaths as residents try to cross the highway between (or even at) intersections. Read more about the underground crossings here.
