An overturned car has prompted the closure of both sides of Herndon Parkway between Spring Street and the Herndon Police Department.
Local police encourage residents to avoid the area and find an alternate route.
TRAFFIC ALERT: Both sides of Herndon Pkwy are closed between Spring St and Herndon PD (397 Herndon Pkwy) for an overturned vehicle. Please find an alternate route. Updates as available. #herndonpd pic.twitter.com/6pJNFkMxs4
— Herndon Police (@HerndonPolice) December 1, 2021
The Town of Herndon is seeking roughly $4.6 million in regional funds for planned improvements at the future intersection of Herndon Parkway and Worldgate Drive.
The $6.5 million project includes a new traffic signal at the intersection and the addition of a new dedicated turning lane, according to a staff memo.
The lanes, cycle tracks and sidewalks would connect with ongoing projects at the Herndon Parkway and Van Buren intersection and at the bus bay drop off and pick-up area, according to the application.
The new road will include a fore-lane divided road with eight-foot-wide sidewalks, a 10-foot trail and sidewalk lighting.
At a meeting tomorrow, Herndon’s Town Council will consider submission of the application to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority for its FY26-FY27 regional funding program.
The town anticipates that the final engineering and construction of the project will be financed through private development.
The Town of Herndon’s Metrorail Herndon Station Area Plan identified the areas as a transit-oriented core where the project is deemed of critical importance, according to the town’s capital improvements plan.
The Worldgate Drive Extension is a keystone infrastructure improvement for the Herndon Transit-Oriented Core as included in the Metrorail Station Area Plan,’ the plan states.
The council approved a concept plan for the project in 2017.
The Town of Herndon is considering plans to reconfigure a new traffic signal along Herndon Parkway at Sunset Park Drive in order to access Sunset Business Park.
In the town’s proposed capital improvement program for fiscal years 2022 through 2027, the town is considering realigning the current intersection to include new street lighting, signals for bikes and pedestrians, crosswalks, and cycle tracks.
The changes are expected to improve the safety of the area and traffic circulation between Herndon Parkway and Sunset Business Park.
So far, roughly 75,000 in funding from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority has been allocated for preliminary engineering and administrative tasks. The project is expected to cost at least 700,000.
Future funding will likely be received through the Virginia Department of Transportation’s revenue sharing program. Construction is expected to be completed in fiscal year 2025.
Because of limited funding due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the town has preliminary identified four priority projects for funding, including minor sidewalks, trails and bicycle facility improvements, the replacement of a fuel tank in the town shop, and the expansion of a police service room.
The town’s Planning Commission is set to review the proposal at a meeting on Feb. 22.Â
The Town of Herndon’s plans for major upgrades to an 0.5-mile stretch from Old Spring Street to Herndon Parkway along Van Buren Street have been delayed.
The project, which would add curb-and-gutter, widen travel lanes to 11 feet, and add bike lanes in each direction, was originally set to be complete by the winter of this year. Now, the timeline is being revised.
Utility relocation, which was originally set to be completed by the end of 2020, will likely take place by March, according to Richard Smith, the town’s engineer on the project. The town is currently working on creating a revising project schedule for all contractors, he said, noting that utility relocation contractors have been delayed for ‘various reasons.
‘This is all contingent on the private contractors completing the relocation and the subsequent authorization by VDOT to allow the town to bid the project for construction,’ Smith told Reston Now in a statement.
Once completed, the project will also relocate overhead utility poles, add crosswalks and signals at Alabama Drive, upgrade stormwater management facilities, and add five-foot-wide sidewalks.
During the construction phase of the project, the town expects the asphalt pedestrian trail along Van Buren Street to be closed to pedestrian and bicycle traffic from Spring Street Park to Aspen Drive.
Originally, the town estimated construction would begin in the fall of 2019 or early winter of 2020.
Photo via handout/Town of Herndon
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Photo via vantagehill/Flickr
Motorists may see some congestion relief at a busy intersection in Herndon.
The Virginia Department of Transportation added a new left-turn lane at the intersection of Frying Pan Road and Sunrise Valley Drive in Herndon.
The improvement, which cost roughly $24,000, makes it easier for drivers coming from Route 28 to turn onto Sunrise Valley Drive. Previously, the road had two left-turn lanes.
Roughly 41,000 vehicles travel through this intersection daily, according to VDOT.
Photo via VDOT
A traffic incident at the intersection of Herndon Parkway and Summerfield Drive may cause a disruption to drivers this evening.
The Herndon Police Department sent out a tweet around 4:30 p.m. today (Feb. 10) informing people that traffic is down to one lane.
Police and other emergency responders are on the scene, according to the tweet.
TRAFFIC ALERT: Inner Loop of Herndon PW at Summerfield Dr is down to one lane due to an accident. Police and rescue are on the scene. Updates as available. #herndonpd pic.twitter.com/KfwyaWigHo
— Herndon Police (@HerndonPolice) February 10, 2020
Image via Google Maps
Commuters traveling on Fox Mill Road between Loveless Lane and Thoroughbred Road should plan detours next week.
The road will be closed Monday, May 13 through Tuesday, May 21 as crews replace a pipe in the culvert that carries Little Difficult Run under Fox Mill Road.
The complete closure begins on Monday, May 13 at 8 a.m. and ends on Thursday, May 16 at 5 p.m. After that period, the road will be closed during the daytime from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day on Friday, May 17, Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21. The road will remain open on the weekend.
Residents in the closure area and emergency vehicles will have access to the closed portion of Fox Mill Road, but the area where the pipe is being replaced will be completely closed off.
The Virginia Department of Transportation directed through traffic via the following routes:
- Northbound Fox Mill Road:Â Folkstone Drive and Lawyers Road (Routes 602 and 665) back to Fox Mill Road.
- Â Southbound Fox Mill Road:Â Steeplechase Dr (Route 4703), Lawyers Road (Routes 673, 665 and 602) and Folkstone Drive back to Fox Mill Road.
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