Written by Leslie Perales • Observer Editor Thursday, 25 March 2010 14:10
More than 75 people attended the last community workshop for the Reston Master Plan Special Study, which focused on land surrounding the future Wiehle Metro station.
Prior to the meeting members of Save OUR Buses, a group working to petition the county to keep a number of area buses slated for cuts, handed out flyers and collected signatures outside.
The workshop began with an overview of the area. Fairfax County Senior Planner Heidi Merkel said the county wants to ensure that existing neighborhoods close to the future Wiehle Metro station are preserved.
Merkel said the county’s vision for the area includes high-density use on the north side of the Dulles Toll Road and medium density on the south side of the DTR to help protect close neighborhoods.
She said the county is looking to build on information collected from previous planning events, such as a charette that was done in 2002, which concluded that mixed-use development would best serve the area.
The majority of those in attendance said they were most concerned about what kind of traffic the new Metro station will bring to the Reston area. For three years the station will be the end of the Silver Line, which could cause commuters to flock to it until more stations are built.
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