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Magarity Road Walkway

Ware Road to Peabody Drive

Citizen Information Meeting

November 13, 2019, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Westgate Elementary School

(Formal Presentation Starts at 7:00)

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Project Team

• Ms. Brook Khorashadi, P.E., Section Chief, Transportation Design Division
• Mr. John Dresser, P.E., Project Manager, Transportation Design Division
• Ms. Lauren Delmare, P.E., Bicycle & Pedestrian Programs Staff
• Mr. Jim Strayhorne, Land Agent, DPWES – Land Acquisition Division

___________________________________________________________ Dranesville District Office Providence District Office ___________________________________________________________

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Meeting Schedule

Tonight’s Agenda

• 6:30 – Display Boards Review of conceptual plans
• 7:00 - 7:30 – Presentation and Question/Answer

session

• 7:30 - 8:15 Return to display boards, one-on-one

discussion, individual questions

• Meeting Ends – 8:30 PM

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Meeting Purpose

Tonight’s Meeting Purpose:

• Provide an overview of the proposed improvements to

Magarity Road, including design updates following the 6/6/18 public meeting.

• Solicit feedback from public to be considered during final plan

development.

➢Tonight we will answer questions. But, please submit all your comments in writing to enable them to be part of the public record.

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Existing Conditions

• No Pedestrian facility

along the South Side

• f Magarity Road

exists today.

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Existing Conditions

• Unpaved shoulder
• n South Side of

Magarity Road.

• Two Way Left

Turn lane in center median.

• Major Utility Poles

with dual Dominion circuits

• n South side.

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Existing Conditions

• Westgate

Elementary School students pick-up queuing lanes are located along WB Magarity Road shoulder, and EB left turn lane.

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Proposed Improvements

Project Limits - Ware Road to Peabody Drive

• 2500’ - 8’ wide Asphalt

Walkway with grass buffer strip and curb and gutter along South side

• f Magarity Road.

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Proposed Typical Sections

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Proposed Improvements

Ware Road to Tremayne Place Crosswalks

• New unsignalized

Crosswalks at Ware Road, Cherri Drive, and Tremayne Place

• Relocate Holly Ridge and

Griffith Road Crosswalks

• Pedestrian Refuge Islands

at Cherri Dr. & Tremayne Pl.

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Proposed Improvements

Westgate Elementary School frontage

• Addition of a raised

concrete island at the School drop-off / pickup entrance to prohibit exiting left turns

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Proposed Improvements

Westgate Elementary School frontage

• 8’wide asphalt walkway on

north side from School drop-off / pickup entrance to Peabody Drive

• High Visibility Crosswalks &

Refuge Island at Peabody Drive

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Proposed Typical Section

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Project Status

• Preliminary Phase – Completed Reviews to Date:
• FC Public Schools Review and Comment
• Dranesville and Providence Districts Review and Comment
• VDOT Preliminary Review and Comment
• Intermediate Design Phase (60% -70% design) – To Begin

following this Citizens Meeting

• Estimated Land Acquisition– Spring 2021 thru Fall 2021
• Construction – Early Summer 2022 thru Spring 2023

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Citizen Input

Ways to Comment

• Fill out & submit a comment sheet tonight (Comment Box Provided)
• Comment section on project website:

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportation/projects/magarity-road-sidewalk

• Email John Dresser: john.dresser@fairfaxcounty.gov
• Fill out and mail a comment sheet:

John Dresser

Fairfax County Dept. of Transportation 4050 Legato Road, Suite 400 Fairfax, VA 22033

Submit written comments by November 27, 2019

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Question/Answers

Questions?

Reminder:

Please submit all comments in writing by November 27.

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