Residents lament loss of trees at Herndon park due to construction

A project to widen the Herndon Parkway has taken away trees — to the dismay of some community members.

Crews with heavy machinery are still surrounding Haley M. Smith Park, located at the intersection with Van Buren Street, replacing a corridor of trees once along the parkway.

“I want to cry when I drive through that intersection,” one Herndon resident wrote last week on Nextdoor. “There had to be a better way.”

Read more…

Recent Stories

Celebree School will have a grand opening for its new Herndon location on Saturday, April 27 (courtesy of Celebree School) A Maryland-based early childhood education company is opening a second…

W&OD Trail in Herndon (staff photo by James Jarvis) The Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail has reached the half-century mark. The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NOVA Parks) is…

Left to right: Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling President Bruce Wright, Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn and Reston Bike Club Vice Chairman Joel Kuester team up to promote the…

Morning Notes

Heming, a mixed-use apartment building in Tysons, at sunset (staff photo by Angela Woolsey) FCPS Prevails in Sexual Assault Lawsuit — “A jury on Wednesday rejected a woman’s lawsuit seeking…

×

Subscribe to our mailing list