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Fairway Decision Postponed Until Nov. 3
Planning commission will decide whether to move forward on high-density changes.
The Fairfax County Planning Commission will revisit on Nov. 3 whether to recommend proposed redevelopment of Fairway Apartments.
The Planning Commission had been scheduled to make a decision on the plan on Wednesday. If they decided to move forward, the plan would go to the County Board of Supervisors for more discussion.
The board tabled the issue earlier this year after it reviewed the plans by developer JBG to turn the 18 three-story apartment buildings with 348 units into four multifamily buildings, 69 townhouses and 951 located at Wiehle Avenue, Reston Parkway, Fairway Drive and North Shore Drive.
An extensive staff report completed in July by the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning shows that the DPZ is in the same column as the Reston Association and the Reston Citizens Association in asking Hunter Mill District Supervisor Cathy Hudgins for denial of the Fairway project.
Critics of the plan say it will overwhelm the surrounding neighborhood, stress roads and water system, is located too far from the future Metro stops to be considered transit-oriented housing, and will reduce the number of affordable-housing units in Reston.