VDOT News - Northern Virginia

FAIRFAX – The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will hold a “pardon our dust” meeting Thursday night, April 20 at the VDOT Northern Virginia District Building, 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 on the work underway along Route 29 between Union Mill Road and Buckleys Gate Drive to improve safety, traffic flow and bicyclist and pedestrian accessibility and connectivity. A presentation on the Route 29 Widening project’s construction will begin at 7 p.m.

The project is reconstructing and widening a mile-and-a-half of roadway from four to six lanes, relieving a major bottleneck during a.m. and p.m. peak hours with lengthy backups occurring in particular at the signal for Stringfellow/Clifton roads (Route 645). The project will also correct vertical alignment to improve sight distance and provide connectivity to pedestrian/bicycle trails at the Fairfax County Parkway/West Ox Road interchange.

Route 29 within the project limits averages 30,000 vehicles a day.

The $97 million project is financed with federal, state (including Smart Scale) and county funding and the I-66 concession fee.

Shirley/Dewberry is the design-build contractor for the project scheduled for completion in spring 2026. For more information, view the project webpage.

Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians are reminded to use caution when traveling in active work zones. Be alert to new traffic patterns and limit distractions.

You can get real-time traffic, work zone and incident information online at 511virginia.org, via the free mobile 511Virginia app, or by calling 511 in Virginia anywhere anytime.
                                 
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