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Fairfax Board approves bike projects for 2014 Transportation Bond

At their meeting today the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a list of projects to be included on the Transportation Bond referendum to be held this Fall. The Board is asking residents to approve $100 million in projects of which $6.5 million is for bike projects. The county plans to spend approximately $1.4 billion in transportation projects over the next six years. The bike funding is approximately 0.46% of $1.4 billion. See page 131 of the Board Package for the complete list of the bond projects

We're encouraged that the bike projects are now broken out and not lumped together with the $77.6 million in pedestrian projects. We're disappointed that more bike projects aren't included in the bond given the need. None of the bigger ticket items that are on a larger list of $200 million in bike/ped projects are on the list such as the Mt Vernon Memorial Hwy trail improvements, Old Keene Mill Road bike shoulders, Route 236 Corridor bike improvements, and Scotts Run Stream Valley Trail.

Below is the list of bike projects extracted from the list presented to the Board today. Once this list is posted on the county site we'll provide a link:

Project	District
Wakefield Chapel Rd Walkway/Bike Lanes	Braddock
Lake Braddock Drive Road Diet	Braddock
Burke VRE Connector Ph. IV	Braddock
Cross County Trail Upgrades	Braddock
Burke Road Bike Lanes	Springfield
West Ox Road Trail	Sully
Route 50 Trail	Sully
Elm St/Dolley Madison Blvd Improved Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossing	Dranesville
Franconia‐Springfield Metrorail Station/VRE Enhanced Bicycle Parking	Lee
Government Center Area Bicycle Demonstration Project	Braddock
INOVA Center Medical Education Campus	Lee
Vienna Metrorail Station Area Bicycle Connectivity Improvements	Providence
Westmoreland Street On‐Road Bike Lanes	Dranesville
Westmoreland Street/Rosemont Drive	Dranesville

Labels: 2014 transportation bond

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