Fairfax County Parkway Extension
Moves Closer to Reality

The Virginia Department of Transportation, the United States Army and the Federal Highway Administration have reached an agreement for the execution of the Fairfax County Parkway Extension Project. The Parkway Project is an essential part of preparing for 8,500 new employees the Ft. Belvoir region will have to accommodate due to the requirements of the Base Closure and Realignment Act (BRAC).

Completing the 35-mile Parkway has long been an Alliance priority.

A contract for construction of the final two-mile Engineering Proving Ground (EPG) segment has been awarded and a ground breaking ceremony is expected later this month.

Construction of Phase I (four through lanes between Donegal Lane and Fullerton Road) and Phase II (a partial cloverleaf interchange connecting Fairfax County Parkway to Rolling Road and EPG access road) could begin as early as next spring, with anticipated completion by December 2010. 

Once Phase I is complete, commuters will have a direct route to I-95 from Rolling Road to Fullerton Road through the EPG.  To view a map of the different phases of construction, click here.

Phase III (relocating Hooes Road and Rolling Road with improvements to the interchange at Fairfax County Parkway and the Franconia-Springfield Parkway) and Phase IV (extending Boudinot Drive to the Fairfax County Parkway and construct a grade separated loop ramp) are currently unfunded.

From a transportation standpoint, the Army’s decision to re-locate 6,400 jobs scheduled for the Engineering Proving Grounds reduces initial impacts on the Parkway Extension and enables the Parkway to function more efficiently as a north-south transportation link. It also buys more time for state and local governments to upgrade other transportation facilities in that part of the region.

The first segment of the Parkway was privately financed and constructed by the  Hazel/Peterson Companies and opened in 1987. State construction of the remainder began in 1988. More than two decades later it remains incomplete.

For more information on the Parkway Extension, click here.