The City Of Fairfax Wants Your Help Envisioning The Future Of Fairfax Circle!

Press release from the City of Fairfax:

02/17/2021 11:26 AM

The City of Fairfax is seeking input to help craft a new vision for Fairfax Circle. This spring, the city will be developing design alternatives for this intersection to meet the future needs of the Fairfax Circle Activity Center – the area around the intersection where future commercial and residential development is encouraged. This will be the first stage of a longer process to select, refine, and implement a preferred design for this intersection.

As a first step, the city is seeking to understand the priorities of the various groups who use this intersection. Anyone can provide input through a short online survey: engage.fairfaxva.gov/a-new-vision-for-fairfax-circle/survey_tools/fairfax-circle-visioning-survey

Fairfax Circle, at the intersection of Route 50, Route 29, and Old Lee Highway, is actually more of a “hamburger” than a “circle” due to its unique shape and traffic flow. In addition to its central position in the Fairfax Circle Activity Center, the circle is also a major intersection in the regional transportation network and is one of two eastern gateways into Fairfax City. The city is reaching out to residents, business owners, and commuters to understand the community’s priorities for this area and to gather ideas to improve mobility and safety for all users, manage traffic congestion, create a welcoming entrance to the city, and support economic development in the Fairfax Circle area.

This survey will be open through March 7, 2021. Additional information and opportunities for input throughout the spring will be shared on the project website: engage.fairfaxva.gov/a-new-vision-for-fairfax-circle

For questions or more information, contact Chloe Ritter, the City’s Multimodal Transportation Planner, by email (chloe.ritter@fairfaxva.gov) or phone (703-273-5652).

This plan is supported by the TPB’s Transportation-Land Use Connections Program.

This press release was produced by the City of Fairfax. The views expressed here are the author’s own.