The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) has selected three alternative routes to move traffic up Route 28 towards Centreville, plus the possibility of widening the highway north of Manassas.

One option extends Euclid Avenue east of Manassas to Bull Run, then cuts west back to Route 28 in Yorkshire. Two options extend Godwin Road to Bull Run, which would divert traffic from downtown Manassas.

One of the extend-Godwin choices crosses Bull Run before intersecting Old Centerville Road; expect major opposition to that route from Fairfax residents. The “Goldilocks” option, not too far east and not too far north, is to swing the Godwin extension back east to Route 28 in Yorkshire before crossing Bull Run.

To learn more, attend the Public Meeting on September 7 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm (presentation at 7pm) at the Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St, Manassas Park, VA 20111.

The county initiated a study in January and explored seven ways to build a new 4-lane road west of Haymarket, theoretically to reduce impacts on the Buckland Historic District.

PWCA and other stakeholders made clear that building a major highway through the Rural Area – and tearing up the historic Civil War battlefields near Buckland – created more of a problem than a solution.

The proposed “bypass” is yet another segment of the Outer Beltway, in a slight disguise. Thanks to the quick opposition, it appears the County has dropped plans to build a new road and is focused on improving intersections on Route 29.

PWCA urges the County to explore the connection between land use planning and transportation planning, and recognize that investments to develop transit nodes and bring jobs to Prince William is smarter than funding more roads to export workers to DC.

In the News: With ‘Buckland Bypass’ a no-go, officials consider new ways to alleviate congested U.S. 29. Fauquier Times, August 7 2017

It’s back, like a zombie. The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority is now proposing to include the road in the regional long-range plan, TransAction, even though the county has removed the Bi-County Parkway from its Comprehensive Plan.

A few property owners, former outspoken opponents of a BiCounty Parkway but now looking for windfall profits, propose to bundle the Bi-County Parkway with a rezoning. They want to build 12,000 new homes where only 500 are now authorized.

Since the General Assembly has restricted proffers by developers, all the other property owners in the County would pay the bill for new schools, police/fire stations, etc. in the Rural Crescent, an area not currently planned for development. Construction elsewhere in the county would be postponed or taxes would be raised.