Health & Fitness
Reminder: Zion Drive to Close Soon
To accelerate construction on project to remove dangerous curve in Zion Drive, a portion of the road will be closed beginning on or about June 21, but open in time for the start of school.
Fairfax County’s long awaited project to realign Zion Drive from Windsor Hills Drive to Grovewood Way will begin this month. Dominion Power has already completed the relocation of utilities and a contractor, Omni Excavators, Inc., has been selected. This $1.02 million project was funded with money approved by the voters in the 2007 Fairfax Transportation Bond. The project will eliminate the dangerous curve in the road that has been the cause of many accidents. It also includes the installation of a dedicated pedestrian walkway, curb, gutter and storm drainage improvements.
To accelerate construction that would otherwise disrupt traffic for many months, the County plans to close the portion of Zion Drive between Jib Lane and Windsor Hills Drive to thru traffic between the close of Fairfax County Public Schools for the summer (on or about June 21) and reopen the road to thru traffic prior to the reopening of school (on or before September 6). Access will be provided to residents on Zion Drive, the residential communities accessed by Zion Drive, the Greater Little Zion Baptist Church and the Pinn Community Center. At this time, the proposed detour is as follows: Westbound traffic from Guinea Road to Zion will be detoured to Roberts Road and eastbound traffic on Zion (i.e. coming from Ox Road) will be detoured to Roberts Road and Guinea Road. A link to the project and the detour can be found at: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/ziondrive.htm
