New Survey Opens On Fairfax County Parkway Improvements

BURKE, VA—Fairfax County has opened a new survey on long-term improvements for the Fairfax County Parkway and Franconia-Springfield Parkway.

The county is working to shape recommendations to improve the corridor up to 2040 and beyond. The new survey comes after several community meetings in the fall and spring. Feedback collected this spring will help officials decide which improvements will be developed for screening and testing.

The county received 15,150 responses from the first survey last fall. Officials ruled out tolls as an option based on the public feedback. The survey also found strong support for widening the road, interchanges to eliminate signalized intersection and enhanced transit—but not for HOV lanes.

The new survey includes several proposed improvements: expanded pedestrian and bicyclist paths, capacity improvements, widening without HOV, HOV feeder, and HOV-2+. Improvements will be considered in different segments of the Fairfax County Parkway and Franconia-Springfield Parkway.

These segments are:

• Fairfax County Parkway: Route 7 to Franklin Farm Road
• Fairfax County Parkway: Franklin Farm Road to Route 123
• Fairfax County Parkway: Route 123 to Rolling Road
• Fairfax County Parkway: Rolling Road to Richmond Highway
• Franconia-Springfield Parkway: Fairfax County Parkway to Beulah Street

The new survey is open through May 6. Click here for the survey and more information.