Slugging Location To Move During Springfield Garage Construction

SPRINGFIELD, VA — Temporary locations have been identified for slug line users at the Old Keene Mill Road park-and-ride lot during construction of a new Springfield parking garage. These temporary parking relocations will be discussed in detail at a virtual community meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.

Construction on the Springfield Community Business Center Commuter Parking Garage had been postponed from the previously scheduled date of March 2020. The tentative construction start date is now December 2020 or January 2021.

During construction of the parking garage, the 18th-23rd Street/Foggy Bottom slug line will be relocated to Springfield United Methodist Church. There are 54 commuter spaces at this site. The 14th Street/L’Enfant Plaza/Navy Yard/Union Station slug line will be relocated to Springfield Town Center Frontier Garage. There are 800 commuter parking spaces on the second, fourth and sixth levels, and the slug line pickup area will be on the first level. These temporary parking locations will be in effect until the new garage is completed in spring 2023.

The virtual meeting will include an opportunity for questions from the public. The meeting will be recorded and will be available to view on the project webpage within a few days. Residents can register to attend and see virtual meeting instructions for WebEx. The dial-in information is 1-415-655-0001 or 1-844-621-3956 (toll free), and the access code is 173 765 2358.

The Springfield garage will have approximately 1,000 parking spaces and will include a bus transit center, commuter ridesharing (slug line) spaces, a short-term parking area for pick-ups and drop-offs, a pedestrian bridge over Old Keene Mill Road connecting the garage to Springfield Plaza, and community areas for gatherings and events on the ground level and rooftop.

Feedback can be provided online, by emailing project manager Caijun Luo at Caijun.Luo@fairfaxcounty.gov, writing to FCDOT, Attn: Springfield CBC Garage Feedback, 4050 Legato Road, Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22033, or calling 703-877-5673; TTY 711.

See the Springfield garage project website for more information.