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Project Description
- The George Snyder Trail Project will complete construction of the 2 mile trail along the southern side of Accotink Creek running east/west between Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) and Fairfax Boulevard (Route 50). The City intends to connect this trail to the proposed Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) shared use path along Route 123 and in conjunction with the I-66 Outside the Beltway improvements. The connection to the VDOT shared use path will provide George Snyder Trail users the opportunity to travel east approximately 33 miles to Washington DC or west approximately 20 miles to Haymarket, Virginia along the I-66 corridor. The City has received I-66 Outside the Beltway Concessionaire Funding to construct this project.
Estimated Project Schedule
- Public outreach and design expected to commence Summer 2018
- In design: 2020-2023
- SUP Process: 2021-2023
- Right-of-Way: 2022-2023
- Construction: 2025-2027
Location
- Along the southern side of Accotink Creek running east/west between Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) and Fairfax Boulevard (Route 50).
Funding
- Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Funds
- I-66 Outside the Beltway Funds
- Concessionaire Funds
Special Use Permit Process
The George Snyder Trail is a VDOT-funded, city-administered trail project. The trail traverses 15 parcels, most of which are already designed for parks use. However, 2 of them are designated for the RH district use rather than a parks/recreation use. Therefore the City, who is the applicant and owner of this project, is required to apply for a Special Use Permit to allow a parks use on these parcels.
The city is also required to submit a SUP application to allow a trail on property within the floodplain. Typically, SUPs would be pursued at the beginning of a privately-developed project. In this case, this project is a public project and the parcels that require the SUP will not be under city control until right-of-way/easement acquisition occurs, which is later in the design for VDOT-funded projects. For that reason, the SUP request will come at the tail end of the design phase, once the project is almost ready to go to construction.
Documents for Download
- George Snyder Trail Regional Context Map
- George Snyder Trail Concept Plan
- George Snyder Trail Plans
- George Snyder Trail Alternative Alignment Map (8/6/2020)
- George Snyder Trail PRAB Presentation (8/6/2020)
- George Snyder Trail PRAB Presentation (8/20/2020)
- George Snyder Trail NEPA Documents
- George Snyder Trail Stormwater Plan
- George Snyder Trail Schedule (Updated May 2020)
- George Snyder Trail Review Process
- George Snyder Trail Public Hearing Plans
- George Snyder Trail Public Hearing Flyer
- George Snyder Trail Public Hearing Presentation (10/13/2020)
- George Snyder Trail Programmatic Categorical Exclusion (Updated 2022)
- City Council Work Session (12/8/2020)
- City Council Work Session (4/20/2021)
- City Council Work Session (7/11/2023)
- City Council Work Session (1/9/2024)
- City Council Meeting (1/23/2024)
George Snyder Trail Extension
Fairfax City has developed a conceptual design for a shared-use path on Fairfax Boulevard. The 850-footlong path will run between the end of the soon-to-be constructed George T. Snyder Trail and the start of the Wilcoxon Trail, linking the two trails.