Improvements Are Coming to Route 28

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On Monday, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) will kick off a series of widening and improvement projects along Route 28 through Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties. This is the first official event celebrating NVTA-funded major projects since it began receiving federal funding on July 1, 2013.

NVTA Chairman Martin Nohe, a Prince William County supervisor; Sharon Bulova, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors; and Scott York, chairman of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, will officially break ground Monday on this series of projects totaling about $99 million. They will be joined by NVTA members, state legislators, regional leaders, and representatives from VDOT and local transportation agencies.

The groundbreaking event will take place at 1 p.m. Monday in Sterling, directly above Route 28 on the unopened and newly constructed Innovation Avenue Bridge.

The Route 28 widening and improvement projects will make commuting easier for up to 125,000 drivers daily in Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, the authority says.

Project Highlights:

In Fairfax: The northbound lanes of Route 28 will be widened from McLearen Road to the Dulles Toll Road; the southbound lanes of Route 28 will be widened from the Dulles Toll Road to Route 50.

In Loudoun: The southbound lanes of Route 28 will be widened from Sterling Boulevard to the Dulles Toll Road, providing much-needed “hot spot” improvements.

In Prince William: Route 28 will be widened from Linton Hall Road to Vint Hill Road, which will be realigned; and sidewalks and multi-use trails will be added. An additional project will widen Route 28 from four to six lanes from Godwin Drive in the city of Manassas to the southern city/Prince William County limits, adding a dual left-turn lane on northbound Route 28 to serve Godwin Drive and signalization improvements.

NVTA was created by the Virginia General Assembly on July 1, 2002, to offer a common voice for Northern Virginia on transportation issues that confront the region. The authority represents nine jurisdictions: the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William; as well as the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park.

The NVTA is responsible for updating Northern Virginia’s long-range transportation plan, TransAction, and manages approximately $300 million annually in public funds for transportation projects designed to provide congestion relief. Since July 2013, the NVTA has programmed $534 million in regional congestion-relieving projects. For more information, visit www.thenovaauthority.org.