Join us for the Spring 2016 AEFCCA General Meeting. Arlington County Board Member John Vihstadt and Larry Marcus, Arlington Dept Transportation, will be featured guests. Bring your questions, concerns, and kudos to the meeting!
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Part of the Arlington since 1936
The Arlington-East Falls Church Civic Association (AEFCCA)
is a non-profit, non-partisan association of residents, property owners,
employers, and employees that interacts with the Arlington County Board and staff,
the Arlington County Civic Federation, and a variety of local and regional organizations
to promote the interests and general welfare of the citizens
who live and work in the Arlington-East Falls Church neighborhood of Arlington County.
AEFCCA represents approximately 1,800 households
in the western-most portion of Arlington County in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Arlington is located in Northern Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, DC.
High Impact Arlington - East Falls Church Area Projects
Causing: Traffic congestion, roadway noise, unsafe walking & biking, visual blight & construction disruption
What you can do: Use this chart to educate yourself, Check www.aefcca.org to keep up to date,
Join as an AEFCCA member - become active in your neighborhood - help shape these projects.
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PROJECT GOALS |
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT |
NEXT STEPS |
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High Occupancy I-66 Tolling Through Arlington |
AEFCCA neighborhood is the “gateway” into Arlington from I-66 East bound |
AEFCCA Membership Neighborhood Priority Survey - information will be used to prioritize our community’s needs Due - May 15th
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East bound 5:30-9:30 AM & West bound 3-7 PM EZ Pass Required |
Unknown local road impact in surrounding neighborhoods |
The AEFCCA will communicate with both Arlington County and VODT to share our needs due to our unique position along I-66 and work to implement solutions |
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Begins Summer 2017 HOV-3, motorcycles & buses exempt |
Unchanged or degraded traffic conditions after tolling in AEFCCA area |
Design roadways, sidewalks to make a functional & SAFE intersection |
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Toll revenue can only be used for projects selected by NVTC |
See list of Projects submitted by Arlington County |
Public comment via email or at a public hearing Due - May 5th |
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I-66 Widening Adding New East Bound Lane |
Increase throughput by widening from 2 to 3 lanes between Dulles Connector Road to Ballston - (Begins 2018 - 2020) |
Further separation of our neighborhood, noise, pollution, taking of greenway, imposing sound walls and further unknowns |
Still to be determined environmental assessment & analysis for sound walls and engineering plan |
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Deteriorated & Ineffective sound walls East bound |
Project delayed due to accelerated I-66 |
Noise & Pollution to homes along sound wall |
Meetings with delegate Patrick Hope with neighbors impacted & communication with VDOT |
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Widened I-66 Ramp & Roadway West of 25th Street - Spot 2 Project (VDOT) |
Increase West Bound capacity |
Degraded Pedestrian and bike access to Silver/Orange lines. Car speed has increased since new ramps |
Requests to County & VDOT to reduce speed to 25 MPH, residential awareness signage & flashers for safe street crossing |
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Additional two lanes West Bound to Dulles Connector Road |
Imposing sound wall & guard rails within neighborhood with inadequate |
Request to VODT for 9’+ fence to buffer neighborhood, landscape and for VDOT |
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New Vision for Lee Highway in East Falls Church |
East Falls Church is node 5 |
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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
Welcome
April 3, 2016
Welcome to the AEFCCA website: your resource for neighborhood news and activities for the Arlington-East Falls Church community. Our next AEFCCA General Meeting will be Thursday April 21, 2016 from 7 - 9 pm at Tuckahoe Elementary School. Speakers will be John Vihstadt, Arlington County Board M…
