Alexandria's $75M Duke Street In Motion Project Set To Begin

ALEXANDRIA, VA — An 18-month transit improvement project in Alexandria is set to begin and city officials are seeking public input on the plan, which will make the Duke Street corridor more user friendly.

Duke Street In Motion is a planning and design study that will focus on improving the area between the Landmark Mall area to the King Street Metro Station, city officials announced in a news release on Monday. The project will make improvements in the corridor that align with users’ needs and expectations over the duration of the study.

The project is being partially funded by $87 million in regional grants from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. The Duke Street corridor was identified in 2008 as one of three high capacity transit areas in Alexandria along with the Metroway on Route 1 and the West End Transitway, city officials said.

The City of Alexandria will host nearly 30 events and activities that will allow officials to collect public feedback about the project from those who live, work and travel along the Duke Street corridor. Interested residents will be able to fill out an online survey through July 31 and the form can be found here in English, Spanish and Aramaic.

Duke Street in Motion Week will begin June 21 and fill feature a number of community outreach events. The schedule of pop-up events and other activities will include a virtual project webinar on June 23 that will run from 7-8:30 p.m. Registration is required.

“The community input received will help create a vision for this corridor and steer the eventual outcome, including potential bus, bicycle, pedestrian, micromobility (such as shared electric bikes and scooters) and other traffic improvements,” city officials wrote in the release.