Metro West
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Metro West is a proposed Transit Oriented Development adjacent to the Vienna Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia. It will replace 65 single-family detached houses with a mixed-use neighborhood including up to 2,248 residential units, up to 190,000 square feet of retail space, and up to 300,000 square feet of office space. The north boundary is Saintsbury Drive (south of the southern entrance to the Vienna/Fairfax Metro station), and the south boundary is Lee Highway (U.S. 29).
The project spurred significant NIMBY opposition [1] due to its relative density compared to the surrounding area, which is generally suburban in character. Neighbors fear increased development will lead to increased traffic congestion, while planners argue that dense development clustered near transit stations and diverse land uses generates less traffic congestion on a per unit basis than low density development, and is the only way to reduce or manage congestion on a regional basis[2].
The primary proposal was approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on March 27, 2006[3].
This development incorporates all of the former Fairlee residential subdivision, though the development site is larger than just that former community. Fairlee has now been razed and construction is expected to begin in 2007, with the first residential units available for occupancy in 2008.
[edit] External links
- Metro West website
- "Less Dense, Less Dense, Less Dense" - Fairfax Connection, November 11, 2004
- "MetroWest Development Is Approved In Fairfax" - Washington Post, March 28, 2006
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