In Design

What's Being Done

This project will widen Stringfellow Road from two lanes to four divided lanes with a raised median, from Fair Lakes Boulevard to Route 50. The project will also include:

• Five- to six-foot wide sidewalk on the west side of the road
• Ten-foot wide shared-use path on the east side
• Wide curb lanes in order to accommodate bicyclists

The section from Route 50 to Chantilly High School has already been upgraded to four lanes, but is considered within the project limits to ensure that conformity to the proposed work, and to add a left turn lane northbound to Route 50.

The project passes through a densely populated residential corridor, which includes a library, schools, parks and several stream crossings. The corridor also has major utilities including a 24” water main and several large-bore aviation fuel pipelines serving Dulles International Airport's fuel farm.

Project Background

This section of Stringfellow Road connects two principal arterial roads, Route 50 and Route 29, and currently sees severe congestion both northbound and southbound during peak periods. The project will address the need to increase capacity on this section of road due to extensive growth in the corridor and resulting increases in traffic congestion.

Stringfellow Road has been a 4-lane divided roadway on the County’s Comprehensive Plan since the early 1970s. The proposed improvements were part of VDOT's Secondary Six-Year Plan for Fairfax County since the 1990s. It was removed from the plan in 2001 due to funding, but was reinitiated in 2004. This project is part of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors 4-year Transportation Plan, with $16 million provided by the November 2004 Bond Referendum, primarily for design and right-of-way acquisition. Another $21 million has been proposed in the County’s Bond Referendum planned for November which, if approved, will provide the remaining funds needed for construction. 

Evaluation of the need for turn lanes into Greenbrier Park vall fields  as well as improvements to the fields' parking will also be a part of the current project.

Stringfellow Road carried 26,000 vehicles a day in 2005 and the posted speed is 35 mph. The section of Stringfellow Road south of Interstate 66 to Route 29 was constructed to four lanes by Fairfax County in the  1990s.

Resources

Public Hearing documents (held June 12, 2007):
Newspaper Ad
 Brochure
 PowerPoint Presentation
 Citizen Comments
 Board of Supervisors Endorsement

Contacts

Bud Siegel P.E.