Traffic seems to be synonymous with Northern Virginia. It is one of the first topics that passes the lips once anyone meets up with someone outside of a Zoom call. And if you haven’t made it out of your home and onto a major thoroughfare lately, you might not recognize where you are anymore with all of the transportation projects that have been taking place over the past few years.

As we wait to get word on the last for the Metro Projects, let’s dig into some other major plans that are in play for the area roadways.

THE ONE

Getting people moving along the Rt. 1 corridor using mass transit is the focus on The One project, a $720 million undertaking that has plans to lead to a future Metrorail system through Hybla Valley. The county describes the system as one that “operates much like rail service, with a dedicated transit way, but uses bus vehicles.”

The system will have nine stations, constructed in two sections, along the Richmond Highway corridor, from Huntington Metrorail Station to Fort Belvoir. The project will include pedestrian and bicycle facilities as well as other amenities to support the proposed system.

This project has an estimated completion date of 2023.

RT. 28 BYPASS

Though it is a few years out, Prince William County planners are starting the process for a Rt. 28 bypass in the Manassas area, northeastward from Godwin Drive and Sudley Road to connect with existing Route 28 north of Manassas. This plan is in place of expanding Rt. 28.

SMALLER-SCALE PROJECTS

A $7.2 million plan was approved last month that will take a focus on small-scale projects throughout the region, mainly focusing on bike lanes, sidewalks and lighting. WTOP did a great breakdown of the projects:

• A $316,579 project to improve pedestrian safety in the Clifton Historic District, by adding new sidewalks, crosswalks, signage, landscaping, and lighting to a stretch of Main Street.
• A $914,745 project that aims to add a mixture of “super sharrows” (shared lane markings) and on-road bicycle lanes, helping to create a multimodal spine through Old Town Fairfax.
• An $800,000 project that will construct a shared-use path, two-way cycle track, and sidewalk from Blake Lane to the Vienna Metro Interstate 66 westbound ramp, in an aim to increase connectivity with nearby Oakton High School.
• An $800,000 project designed to add three new crosswalks, with sidewalk or shared use path connections, serving Shrevewood Elementary School and the W&OD Trail.
• An $800,000 project to finish the construction of about 1,000 feet of sidewalk along the west side of Plaza Street, completing a missing link in the Town of Leesburg’s sidewalk system.
• A $1,300,000 project to design and construct 0.56 miles of missing sidewalk links along Sterling Boulevard, providing a direct connection to the W&OD Trail in Loudoun County.
• A $719,534 project to connect residents of the Forest Glen estates housing community with a church, grocery store, medical clinic, and more at the Hoadly Marketplace commercial development in Prince William County.

More transportation coverage:

I-66 Transportation Development

Rt. 28 Transportation Development

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