The Virginia Department of Transportation announced on May 1 that Route 29 between Union Mill Road/Centreville Farms Drive and Summit Drive/Buckleys Gate Drive in Fairfax will have weekday lane closures from Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 15. The closures are part of ongoing work for the Route 29 widening project.
Single-lane closures are planned along northbound Route 29 between Union Mill Road/Centreville Farms Drive and Summit Drive/Buckleys Gate Drive from May 4 to May 8 and again from May 11 to May 15, each day between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Southbound lanes between Summit Drive/Buckleys Gate Drive and Union Mill Road/Centreville Farms Drive will be closed during the same date ranges but from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drivers should expect delays and are advised to use alternate routes.
The Route 29 widening project aims to improve safety, traffic flow, as well as bicyclist and pedestrian accessibility along this corridor. Planned improvements include reconstructing and widening a stretch of roadway from four lanes to six over approximately one-and-a-half miles, correcting vertical alignment for better sight distance, adding shared-use paths on both sides of Route 29, and connecting with pedestrian/bicycle trails at the Fairfax County Parkway/West Ox Road interchange. The project is expected to be completed this summer.
According to the official website, the Virginia Department of Transportation is responsible for building, maintaining, and operating roads, bridges, and tunnels across Virginia with an emphasis on safety and efficiency in transportation systems. The agency manages one of the nation’s largest state highway systems covering tens of thousands of lane-miles according to its official website. It also provides services such as highway maintenance, traffic management through systems like Virginia’s “511,” as well as oversight for land-use permits along state routes according to its official website.
Virginia Department of Transportation serves as a state agency overseeing planning, construction, and maintenance for roads throughout the Commonwealth according to its official website. The department traces its origins back more than a century when it developed out of the State Highway Commission established in1906 according to its official website. Its headquarters is located at1221 East Broad Street in Richmond according to its official website.
Traffic updates related to these closures can be found online at https://511.vdot.virginia.gov or by using the free mobile “511Virginia” app.
