patching...
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

Wakefield Chapel

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

VDOT Study Shows More than 13,000 Cars Travel on Wakefield Chapel Road Daily

A representative from VDOT revealed the results of a traffic study collected over the last five years Monday night during a meeting about parking issues in Wakefield Chapel neighborhoods.

This is part two of a recap from a meeting at Wakefield Forest Elementary School Monday night about parking and speeding along Wakefield Chapel Road in Annandale. Read part one here. Results of VDOT Traffic Study According to Randy Dittberner, regional traffic engineer for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), data shows there have been no significant changes on Wakefield Chapel Road since the HOT/495 Express lanes opened last year. “In general, what we have seen is no huge increase in volume traffic or speed during the course of construction of the HOT lanes,” said Dittberner, who noted that VDOT has not done additional study since the Express Lanes opened. Since fall 2009, VDOT has observed the speed and traffic patterns. …

Heathersuxmykok

6:08 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

This I find hard to believe! 13000 daily? I wonder how much this study costs?   more ›

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Wakefield Chapel Residents, NOVA Faculty Talk Parking, Speeding Woes

Residents and the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College continued talks to create a solution to stop students from parking off the campus.

College student parking and reports of speeding through nearby neighborhoods were the topics of discussion Monday night at a community meeting for stakeholders at a local elementary school. About 50 residents from the Wakefield Chapel area neighborhoods, faculty from Northern Virginia Community College’s (NOVA) Annandale campus, local officials from Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Fairfax County met Monday night to discuss solutions to parking and speeding concerns in the community. Hosted in the library of Wakefield Forest Elementary School in Fairfax, the meeting was the latest in a string of such meetings over the last five years intended to address NOVA students parking in Wakefield Chapel neighborhoods rather than the…

Grace Neary

9:21 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

As the author of the above article stated, it shouldn't be citizen's responsibilites if we don't have the power to issue parking tickets for violations. A parking authority would be a big help.   more ›

Got a Hot Tip?