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VDOT proposes $8.7M project to address ‘unsafe’ portion of Popes Head Road

Published August 6, 2026 at 3:45PM

A car passes by the intersection of Popes Head Road (Route 654) and Quiet Brook Road (Route 7447) on a recent August afternoon. (staff photo by Mary Stachyra Lopez)

A small portion of Popes Head Road could undergo $8.7 million worth of construction in an effort to improve safety on the busy secondary road near the Fairfax County Parkway, in the Fairfax Station area.

The Virginia Department of Transportation project, presented during a public information meeting July 28, proposes straightening an “S” curve on Popes Head Road (Route 654), between Quiet Brook Road (Route 7447) and Revercomb Court. VDOT officials also propose upgrading drainage and adding stormwater management systems within the project parameters, which extend for a fifth of a mile.

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Driver charged in Fairfax County Parkway hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published June 29, 2026 at 8:30AM

Shaza Edris (via Fairfax County Police Department)

The driver believed to be involved in a crash that killed a pedestrian on Fairfax County Parkway last December has turned herself in and been charged in the pedestrian’s death.

Shaza Edris, 20, of Fairfax, was charged with felony hit and run involving in death, and using a handheld personal communications device while driving, the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Friday (June 26).

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Popes Head Road closes at Fairfax County Parkway, as new triple roundabouts start to open

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 27, 2026 at 11:45AM | Updated May 29, 2026 at 8:16PM

Construction workers on the Popes Head Road bridge deck over Fairfax County Parkway (via VDOT)

Update — The Virginia Department of Transportation released more details about the partial interchange opening and how it will affect traffic patterns in the coming months on Friday, May 29.

Earlier: Fairfax County Parkway will be inaccessible from Popes Head Road for the next week, as the Virginia Department of Transportation prepares to start opening the reconfigured interchange in Fairfax Station.

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Identity of skeletal remains found in Fair Lakes 20 years ago still unknown

By Jared Serre

Published April 8, 2026 at 10:00AM

What investigators believe the man behind the skeletal remains looked like (photos via NamUS)

Local and state investigators continue to hunt for the identity behind skeletal remains found in Fair Lakes two decades ago.

It’s been 20 years and two days since the remains were discovered in a wooded area near the I-66 East ramp to the northbound lanes of Fairfax County Parkway on April 6, 2006.

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Wider shared-use path, redesigned intersections proposed for Burke Centre roadway

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 16, 2026 at 10:00AM

Roberts Parkway from Burke Centre Parkway to Fairfax County Parkway in Burke (via Google Maps)

The Virginia Department of Transportation is seeking public input on potential changes to a key connection between Burke Centre and Fairfax County parkways.

An online survey open through next Wednesday (Jan. 21) asks community members to weigh in on proposed modifications to a half-mile stretch of Roberts Parkway, including the addition of a shared-use path and redesigns of the Burke Centre Parkway and Fairfax County Parkway intersections.

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FCPD: Speed under investigation in fatal Fairfax County Parkway crash

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 13, 2026 at 9:15AM

Fairfax County Parkway at Huntsman Blvd in Burke (via Google Maps)

Fairfax County police are investigating whether speed may have contributed to a crash that killed a driver on Fairfax County Parkway this weekend.

Jane Clayton, a 48-year-old Alexandria resident, died after she appears to have “lost control” of her 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier while driving on the parkway near Huntsman Blvd in Burke around 7:45 a.m. on Saturday (Jan. 10), according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Man in Fairfax County Parkway median was killed in crash, police confirm

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 26, 2025 at 8:30AM

Fairfax County Police Department Capt. Jesse Katzman discusses death investigation after a man was found dead in a Fairfax County Parkway median on Dec. 24, 2025 (via FCPD/Facebook)

The Fairfax County Police Department has confirmed that the man found dead in a median on Fairfax County Parkway on Wednesday (Dec. 24) was a pedestrian killed in a crash.

Officers responded at 9:43 a.m. that day after a community member who was driving by on the parkway reported seeing a possible body in the grassy median near Old Plains Road in the Fair Oaks area.

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UPDATED: Body found in Fairfax County Parkway median, closing road

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 23, 2025 at 11:15AM | Updated December 23, 2025 at 12:51PM

Fairfax County Parkway shut down at Rolling Road for a police death investigation (via VDOT traffic camera)

Fairfax County police are investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was found this morning (Tuesday) in the median of Fairfax County Parkway.

The adult man was discovered lying in the median near Old Plains Road just northwest of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital by a community member who spotted the body while driving and called 911, Fairfax County Police Department Capt. Jesse Katzman said in a briefing.

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Pickup truck driver dies in fiery crash on I-66 near Fair Lakes

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 4, 2025 at 10:00AM | Updated August 4, 2025 at 12:04PM

Traffic is backed up after a fatal crash on I-66 at Fairfax County Parkway (photo by Phil Foss)

Police expect to bring charges in connection with a crash on I-66 that killed one driver and sent another to the hospital over the weekend.

Troopers responded to a reported crash with injuries at 5:51 p.m. on Saturday (Aug. 2) on I-66 West at Fairfax County Parkway near Fair Lakes, according to the Virginia State Police (VSP).

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Driver killed in tractor-trailer crash on Fairfax County Parkway in Burke

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 25, 2025 at 5:45PM | Updated July 28, 2025 at 7:13PM

Northbound Fairfax County Parkway is closed at Burke Lake Road after a fatal crash (via Google Maps)

A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Fairfax County Parkway in Burke earlier this afternoon (Friday).

Officers were dispatched to Fairfax County Parkway at Old Keene Mill Road around 4:09 p.m. for a tractor-trailer that had flipped over, according to scanner traffic.