Fairfax Board To Hear Tysons, Transportation Issues
The board could vote on Capital One's HQ expansion Tuesday.
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is expected to deliberate Tuesday over the expansion of Capital One's corporate headquarters in Tysons Corner, a plan forwarded by the Planning Commission last week.
The company has 26 acres in Tysons and has proposed a massive redevelopment of the area, including 3.1 million square feet of office space, 100,000 square feet of restaurants and retail, a hotel and four residential apartment buildings.
According to the Washington Post, construction could begin in 2013 if approved. The company has also agreed to construct a community center with an indoor basketball court.
During Tuesday's meeting, county executive Ed Long will put his stamp of approval on the project to widen Route 1 near Fort Belvoir.
Long will authorize the project two weeks after the Board approved the revised bypass option during its Sept. 13 meeting. The agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will widen Route 1 between Telegraph Road and Belvoir Road in Alexandria. It will also realign the existing road between Belvoir Road and Mount Vernon Memorial Highway.
County supervisors have been unanimous in their support of the project, whose approval coincided with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s announcement that it will not renew the lease of Woodlawn Stables, a nearby equestrian facility, in 2016. Supporters of the facility have objected to the road widening, an act they fear will diminish the stables.
The board is also scheduled to authorize the county’s transportation department to apply for $10 million from the VDOT FY2014 Revenue Sharing Program.
In the program, the commonwealth would match funding the County has already designated towards the project. If the application were approved, $10 million would be available to the county for other transportation needs, according to the agenda for this week’s meeting.
For the full agenda of the board's Sept. 25 meeting, click here.
John Strother
11:47 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
Tyson is suppose to become a city all it's own, now why would Fairfax County be trying to allow buildings, if Tyson is really a city all it's own? Funny how Fairfax County says one thing and does another. The County has lied to me for over 30 years. The lie to anyone and won't produce facts. Now why would anyone allow 25 acres to be redeveloped without the local input?
Navid Roshan
12:32 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012
If you are talking about capital one, it literally was open to public input at the planning commission for the past 2 months prior to the vote which occurred last Thursday. There was information everywhere, including in front of Capital One. I am not sure what part of local input wasn't provided when many of the comments made by the MCA were incorporated into the proffer agreements.
Rob Jackson
4:58 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012
Once the County took control of Tysons redevelopment from the Task Force, the process has been very open. The Planning Commission has held many meetings where it took input from anyone who attended. Anyone in the audience could state an opinion or ask questions. The County also accepted written and electronic comments. County officials also attended a number of meetings all around the northern part of the county. All of these meetings were open to the public, and many people spoke their minds. Many local community groups, the MCA, the Reston Citizens Association, the Hunter Mill Defense League, the Providence District Council, individual HOAs, youth sports organizations, the Sierra Club, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, and "ordinary citizens" showed up and meetings and provided comments and other input to the County at more than one meeting. Local media often attended the meetings.