A modern fire station to serve the growing Tysons area won the approval of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Tuesday (March 18).
“This is really an incredible facility. It’s beautiful,” Providence District Supervisor Dalia Palchik said after the 9-0 vote that ended a lengthy process getting to the approval stage.
Board action was required to amend zoning proffers and approve design modifications on the site. The proposal received a supportive recommendation from the Fairfax County Planning Commission last month.
“This has been several years in the making,” Palchik said of the project, which will relocate Fire Station 29 to the same property as the existing Tysons West*Park Transit Station.
Construction funding had been approved by voters in a 2024 public safety bond.
No one spoke on the subject at the public hearing held before the vote. The rezoning application was approved by all of the present supervisors, though Springfield District’s Pat Herrity was absent while recovering from health issues.
The new Fire Station #29 will be located on a 4.05-acre site bounded by Jones Branch Drive, Spring Hill Road and the Dulles Toll Road. It will be co-located on the parcel with a redesigned transit facility with five bus bays.
The existing fire station at 1560 Spring Hill Drive, which dates to the late 1970s, will remain open until construction of its successor is complete.
The two-story, 19,530-square-foot facility will be twice the size of the one it is replacing. It will provide single-firefighter bunkrooms and bathrooms, as well as other modern facilities the current station lacks.
Fairfax County currently has 39 fire stations across the community.
The project also includes stormwater improvements on the site, and will include geothermal wells and rooftop solar panels in an effort to eliminate the need for outside energy.
Though it won’t be delivered with the fire station project, the county is considering plans to add a new entrance to the Dulles Toll Road from one edge of the parcel. It would serve fire personnel, transit buses and the general public.
“That’s good news,” Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn said, expressing hope that the new ramp will be the first of several access points added to the toll road in coming years.
