Supervisors to Hold Fairway Hearing Tuesday

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will finally have a public hearing on the future of Fairway Apartments. Have something to say about the project? Now may be your last chance to speak up.

The hearing will take place at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20 as part of the BOS regular meeting at the Fairfax County Government Center.

People wishing to present their views on these subjects may call the Office of the Clerk to the Board at 703-324-3151 to be placed on the Speakers List, or may appear and be heard.

The BOS hearing has been postponed numerous times over the last year as developer JBG and the Design Review Board went back and forth on an acceptable design.

The DRB finally approved in concept JBG's latest proposal to redevelop the 40-year-old apartment complex at North Shore Drive, Fairway Drive and Wainwright Drive near Lake Anne.

 To see details of how JBG plans to turn the 348 garden-style units into 804 units in a combination of multifamily buildings and townhouses,

Several residents and representatives of Sustainable Reston were at the DRB meeting last month, where they expressed environmental and traffic concerns. JBG said that their traffic studies showed potential snarl spots at Temporary Road and North Shore Drive and along North Shore during drop off/pick up at Lake Anne Elementary.

The developers said they would do further traffic studies and look at solutions such as additional lights and traffic circles. Meanwhile, the DRB said as part of its approval that attention be given to keeping green space and trying for LEED Gold Certification.

The redevelopment has already been approved by the Reston Planning and Zoning Committee.