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Fairfax City may tweak planned pathway impacted by cancellation of George Snyder Trail

Published May 29, 2026 at 9:15AM

Existing Wilcoxon Trail head at Fairfax Blvd in Fairfax City (via Google Maps)

Fairfax City is eyeing a potential solution to fix a trail project that was approved and fully funded while minimizing financial penalties as a result of the city council canceling a different planned extension earlier this year.

During a council work session on Tuesday (May 26), staff proposed that the project — previously called the George Snyder Trail Extension — be renamed the Wilcoxon Trail Extension, and add on-street paths along Draper Drive, instead of connecting to existing trails by cutting through parkland.

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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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Lane removal, pedestrian refuges proposed to make Herndon High School road safer

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 15, 2026 at 1:45PM

Bennett Street outside Herndon High School (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Town of Herndon is considering a number of changes to Bennett Street intended to make walking and cycling around the local high school safer.

Mike Shindledecker, the town’s transportation engineer, unveiled a preferred concept at a community meeting in the Herndon High School cafeteria on Wednesday (May 13) that would narrow the four-lane road to one travel lane in each direction.

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VDOT to present plan tomorrow for widening Route 7 in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 28, 2026 at 8:30AM

Traffic on eastbound Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) in Tysons south of Route 123 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Design work has been underway for about a year now on plans to widen the portion of Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) that runs through central Tysons.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will present its initial concept for widening the road between Route 123 (Chain Bridge Road) and the Capital Beltway (I-495) to the community for the first time at a virtual public information meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday).

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Construction on Georgetown Pike bridge over I-495 nears finish

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 6, 2026 at 9:15AM

Construction barrels on the Georgetown Pike bridge over I-495 in McLean (courtesy VDOT)

The new toll lanes on the Capital Beltway (I-495) in McLean have been operating for a few months now, but construction on the project known as 495 NEXT is not yet complete.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will set the stage for a new milestone tonight (Monday) with a traffic shift on the Georgetown Pike Bridge over I-495.

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Fairfax County staff hope to win more Va. transportation funding by thinking smaller

By Scott McCaffrey

Published February 26, 2026 at 11:45AM

Virginia Department of Transportation Northern Virginia District office in Legato (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Shut out in the last round of jockeying for state transportation funding, Fairfax County officials are taking steps to be more successful next time.

For the next round of applications for “Smart Scale” grants, due over the summer, county staff intends to “focus on smaller projects” that require no more than $30 million through the program, said Noelle Dominguez, coordination and funding division chief for the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT).

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Fairfax board calls for VDOT to speed up reviews of housing projects

By Scott McCaffrey

Published February 4, 2026 at 3:45PM

Housing under construction in the Westfields area of Chantilly in 2024 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County officials are asking the Spanberger administration to make the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) more responsive to housing developments it must review.

In a letter to three new Virginia cabinet secretaries, Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay expressed concern that current VDOT review process for new housing has placed roadblocks in the way of adding both market-rate and committed-affordable units:

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Fairfax leaders mixed on quality of snow-removal efforts, propose volunteer program

By Scott McCaffrey

Published February 4, 2026 at 10:00AM

A layer of snow and ice covers Bluemont Way in Reston after Winter Storm Fern on Jan. 26, 2026 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County supervisors in coming days will be compiling a list of positives and negatives related to the local and state response to late January’s crippling snow and ice storm.

Their comments and questions will then be forwarded to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and other agencies responsible for clearing snow.

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Public art dropped from project to update Dulles Toll Road bridge in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 29, 2026 at 9:15AM

The existing eastbound Dulles Toll Road bridge over Route 123 in Tysons (via VDOT)

Work is underway to rehabilitate an aging Dulles Toll Road bridge in Tysons, but the span will no longer be embellished with art, as previously proposed.

Construction on the eastbound bridge over Route 123 (Dolley Madison Blvd) began in December, though it has been put on hold for the past few days as snow removal efforts continue, Virginia Department of Transportation spokesperson Michael Murphy says.

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Fairfax County schools to close Wednesday due to snow, meal kits available

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 27, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated January 28, 2026 at 7:29PM

A Fairfax County school bus in the snow outside Vienna Elementary School during Winter Storm Fern (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County Public Schools has once again canceled classes in the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern.

With an abundance of ice and frigid temperatures slowing road and sidewalk cleanups, FCPS announced that schools will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday), though this time, central administrative offices will open on a two-hour delay.