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FCDOT recommends changes to make Route 29 safer in West Falls Church

Published October 20, 2026 at 1:45PM

Route 29 near Lawrence Drive and the National Funeral Home and Memorial Park cemetery in West Falls Church (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation is recommending a number of improvements that it hopes will make the West Falls Church segment of Route 29 safer for all travelers, especially pedestrians and bicyclists.

Community members attending a public meeting at Timber Lane Elementary School last Wednesday (Oct. 14) generally seemed to embrace the proposed changes, which include new sidewalks, a shared-use path, and crosswalks, but some lamented the project’s limited scope and undefined timeline.

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Three pedestrians hit, one fatally, in Fairfax County crashes over weekend

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 19, 2026 at 8:30AM | Updated October 19, 2026 at 4:57PM

Fairfax County police siren (file photo)

Two pedestrians were seriously injured and another was killed in three separate vehicle crashes on Fairfax County roads this past weekend.

Officers with the Fairfax County Police Department responded yesterday (Sunday) at 3:47 a.m. for a crash involving a pedestrian on southbound Route 28 near Air and Space Museum Parkway, according to a press release issued this afternoon (Monday).

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VDOT celebrates as project to widen Route 29 outside Centreville nears finish

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published October 13, 2026 at 2:45PM

VDOT NOVA district engineer Bill Cuttler, Supervisor Pat Herrity (Springfield District), Chairman Jeff McKay, Supervisor Kathy Smith (Sully District) and Northern Virginia Transportation Authority CEO Monica Backmon gather for a ribbon-cutting near the newly completed Route 29 project (courtesy VDOT)

Officials from Fairfax County and the Virginia Department of Transportation recently gathered to celebrate the impending completion of a nearly 4-year-long, $94.4 million project aimed at alleviating a key bottleneck on Route 29, near the Centreville area.

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay, Sully District Supervisor Kathy Smith, Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity, and VDOT officials cut a ceremonial ribbon on Oct. 8 to mark the end of the widening project, which extends for 1.5 miles between Union Mill Road and Buckleys Gate Drive.

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Police: Man found in life-threatening condition after assault in Idylwood

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published July 16, 2026 at 8:30AM | Updated July 23, 2026 at 12:17PM

A Fairfax County police SUV with lights on (file photo)

Fairfax County police are asking for the public’s help to find information on a near-deadly assault on a man in the Idylwood area that occurred earlier this month.

Officers responded to the 3000 block of Graham Road in West Falls Church for a report of a suspicious event on July 5 around 11:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found an adult man “suffering from several injuries throughout his body,” police said yesterday (Wednesday) in a press release.

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FCDOT opens survey on ways to improve West Falls Church stretch of Route 29

By Scott McCaffrey

Published May 29, 2026 at 2:45PM

Types of improvements possible on one stretch of the Route 29 Active Transportation Study corridor (via FCDOT)

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) is expanding outreach efforts as it studies options for improving the stretch of Route 29 from Falls Church west to the Capital Beltway (I-495).

After gathering input at an in-person meeting on May 19, county transportation officials have launched a new online community survey as part of the Route 29 Active Transportation Study that will run through June 30.

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UPDATED: Motorcyclist killed in crash with semi truck on Route 29

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 19, 2026 at 3:50PM | Updated May 20, 2026 at 3:45PM

Traffic on Route 29 west of West Ox Road after fatal crash at Meadow Estates Drive (via 511Virginia traffic camera)

A motorcyclist has died following a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Route 29 in the Fair Lakes area.

Officers and units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched around 1:51 p.m. Tuesday (May 19) for the crash on Route 29 at Meadow Estates Drive, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Woman hospitalized after crash on Route 29 near Centreville library

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2026 at 7:20PM

Fairfax County police controlling traffic on Machen Road at Route 29 after two-vehicle crash (via VDOT traffic cameras)

A woman was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash this afternoon (Friday) on Route 29 near the Centreville Regional Library.

Police, firefighters and a medic with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to Route 29 at Machen Road around 5:32 p.m. for a crash involving at least one reportedly trapped person, according to scanner traffic.

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County endorses planned upgrades of Route 29 pedestrian and bicycle paths in Centreville

By Scott McCaffrey

Published March 6, 2026 at 9:15AM

Route 29 at Trinity Parkway (via VDOT)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (March 3) endorsed plans by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for pedestrian and bicyclist improvements along two segments of Route 29 in Centreville.

The project aims to upgrade multimodal facilities:

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NOW: Two injured in multi-vehicle crash on Route 29 as snow falls

By Angela Woolsey

Published March 2, 2026 at 5:45PM

Police on Route 29 at West Ox Road following a multi-vehicle crash on March 2, 2026 (via VDOT traffic cameras)

Two people have been hospitalized following a multi-vehicle crash on Route 29 in the Legato area of Fair Oaks.

Fairfax County police officers, firefighters and medics were dispatched to Route 29 at Piney Branch Road around 4:15 p.m. today (Monday) for a reported crash involving three to four vehicles, according to scanner traffic.

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FCPD: Vienna driver charged with leaving fatal pedestrian crash

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 14, 2026 at 2:45PM

A Fairfax County police car (file photo)

A Vienna man who allegedly drove off after striking a pedestrian with his car on Route 29 in Merrifield last month has been arrested.

William Wang, 28, has been charged with a felony hit and run for his involvement in the fatal crash, which was initiated by another vehicle who first hit the pedestrian, the Fairfax County Police Department announced today (Wednesday).