Fairfax City Awarded $14.4M To Advance Four Transportation Projects

Press release from the City of Fairfax:

07/13/2020 9:31 AM

On July 9, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority awarded the City of Fairfax $14.4 million to advance four multimodal transportation projects. This funding will enable the city to complete projects aimed at reducing congestion and improving quality of life for both city residents and the region at large.

City of Fairfax Transportation Projects

• Old Lee Highway Multimodal Improvements $8M
• Government Center Parkway Extension $3.54M
• Jermantown Road/Route 29 Intersection Improvements $700K
• Fairfax Boulevard at Chain Bridge Road Intersection (Northfax West Roadway Improvements) $2.2M

The $14.4 million was part of a $539 million package adopted unanimously by NVTA at its meeting on July 9. NVTA’s FY2020-2025 Six Year Program was the Authority’s fifth and most competitive funding program to date, with requests from 13 Northern Virginia localities and agencies totaling $1.44 billion. NVTA evaluated 41 multimodal transportation projects and reviewed approximately 1,000 public comments gathered between March 13 and May 24, 2020. Twenty-one projects, including the four listed above in the City of Fairfax, were awarded funding.

“In a crowded field of worthy projects from throughout Northern Virginia, the competition for NVTA funding was stiff this year. I am very pleased that the City of Fairfax received this funding to help reduce traffic congestion for our residents. We will continue to pursue additional transportation funding in future years to invest in road improvements as well as sidewalk and trail connections,” said City of Fairfax Mayor David Meyer.

Learn about current City of Fairfax transportation projects.

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