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Transportation Committee
What We Do
The Transportation Committee monitors proposals concerning road or transit construction and modifications and reviews all proposals that establish or expand roadways, busing, rail, and air transportation which affect Fairfax County residents and infrastructure.
For committee-specific inquires, contact our Chair, listed HERE.
Recent Actions
Opportunities for Community Involvement
See email below from VDOT on 1/14/2026
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Rolling Road and Grigsby Drive Traffic Signal: Willingness to Hold a Public Hearing
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The purpose of this email is to inform you of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Notice of Willingness to hold a Design Public Hearing on the subject project. This project proposes to construct a traffic signal at the intersection of Rolling Road (Route 638) and Grigsby Drive (Route 4179)/the main West Springfield High School entrance to improve traffic operations and safety for students crossing at the intersection, especially during school arrival and dismissal periods. The signal will have flashing yellow arrows for drivers turning left from northbound and southbound Rolling Road. The project also includes the installation of Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) at the three existing crosswalks, adding a fourth crosswalk with APS, and upgrading the curb ramps to be Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant. Attached is a copy of the notice along with a map showing the location of the project.
Pursuant with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 23 CFR 771, a Programmatic Categorical Exclusion (PCE) is being prepared under agreement with the Federal Highway Administration. When completed, the PCE will be available on the project website listed below and upon request. In compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 and 36 CFR Part 800, information concerning the potential effects of the project on properties listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places will be included with the PCE.
Information about the project can be reviewed at www.vdot.virginia.gov/Grigsby or at VDOT’s District Office, located at 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030. If you would like to discuss this project in more detail or desire additional information, please contact the project manager, Ahmad Alkawabeh, via email at Ahmad.Alkawabeh@vdot.virginia.gov or call him at 703-259-1778.
If your concerns cannot be satisfied, VDOT is willing to hold a public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending him an email on or prior to January 29, 2026. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of date, time and place of the hearing will be posted once determined.
Sincerely,
Carol
Carol Sinclair
Preliminary Engineering Specialist
Fairfax & Arlington Preliminary Engineering
Virginia Department of Transportation
703-259-2924 (O)
571-455-3829 (M)
​I-495 Southside Express Lanes Study
About the study (https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/projects/northern-virginia-district/i-495-southside-express-lanes-study/)
VDOT, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and other federal, state and local agencies in Virginia and Maryland, is conducting an environmental study to potentially extend the express lanes system on the southern section of I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway), by approximately 11 miles from the Springfield Interchange (I-95/I-395/I-495) in Fairfax County, Virginia, across the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, to the MD 210 interchange in Prince George’s County, Maryland. This location was identified in Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board’s adopted I-95 Corridor Improvement Plan as an area for additional study.
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