Public Hearing Tonight on Loudoun's Countywide Transportation Plan

The Lououdn County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to a hold a public hearing on the Countywide Transportation Plan tonight, April 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg.

According to a recent Loudoun Indepenent article, "...the document, which is currently under revision, lays out an ambitious plan for Loudoun roads to include a litany of changes, such as the addition of high occupancy vehicle lanes to several Loudoun roads and the widening of many more. Besides being a guide, the document gives the county leverage when it asks a developer to help fund a new road when it requests to build along one mentioned in the plan.

Here are some of the highlights of the revised plan:

• Explore the feasibility of a bicycle route that connects all of the county’s historical and cultural sites
• Widen Route 7 east of Leesburg to eight lanes and add HOV lanes
• Widen Route 28 from Route 606 to Fairfax County line to eight lanes and add HOV lanes between Route 7 and Fairfax County line
• Widen Dulles Greenway to eight lanes
• Add HOV lanes to Loudoun County Parkway and Route 606
• Explore the possibility of having more crossings over the Potomac River

See www.loudounctp.com/ for more on the CTP, or the Loudoun County Office of Transportation Services. For more information about the Citizens for a Countywide Transportation Plan group, visit sites.google.com/site/loudounctp.

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