The mile Fairfax County Parkway runs from Route 1 to Route 7 and carries between 22, and 75, vehicles per day. The signs will be replaced over the next three months. VDOT says drivers will see the old route number alongside the new route number for about a year in order for hotels, businesses and map companies to have enough time to update their materials.
About miles of roads in Northern Virginia are primary roads. Newsletter Search. Photos via Fairfax County. View Comments. Recent Stories News. More Stories. Lee and fellow general Stonewall Jackson became the namesakes for the 8.
While those monikers have stuck for around a century now, nationwide efforts to remove names linked to the Confederacy or slavery from public places have gained momentum in recent years. Fairfax County Public Schools alone has renamed three buildings in the past four years.
Expected to present a recommendation on whether to rename the roadways to the Board of Supervisors in December , the Confederate Names Task Force has been meeting on a regular basis since Aug. The agenda for its upcoming meeting on Monday Oct. If the task force recommends changing the names, it will then offer up to five possible new names for each road, and after holding a public hearing, the Board of Supervisors will vote on the recommendation, potentially early next year.
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