{"id":1901,"date":"2021-11-24T21:23:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T02:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activepw.org\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2021-12-22T23:13:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T04:13:03","slug":"active-prince-williams-initial-comments-on-the-proposed-design-of-the-route-234-brentsville-road-interchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activepw.org\/?p=1901","title":{"rendered":"Active Prince William’s Initial Comments on the Proposed Design of the Route 234-Brentsville Road Interchange"},"content":{"rendered":"
Active Prince William Co-Chair Mark Scheufler submitted the following comments regarding the proposed design of the Route 234-Brentsville Road Interchange Project<\/a> on November 22, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0 Prince William County will hold a Design Public Hearing regarding this proposed highway design on December 8, 2021<\/a>:<\/em>
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PROBLEM:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Forcing bicycle and pedestrian users to cross FOUR separate free-flowing, high-speed vehicle lanes is an unacceptable way to connect two of the major trails in the county.\u00a0 The section should be removed from the design.\u00a0 It is too dangerous.\u00a0 <\/b>[Added Note: The proposed design forces bicyclists and pedestrians to negotiate a fifth<\/strong> high-speed at-grade road crossing (of the ramp from northbound Brentsville Road to southbound Route 234) to actually link these two major trails.\u00a0 Furthermore, to access or egress Route 234 Business\/Dumfries Rd, bicyclists and pedestrians would be forced to negotiate a sixth<\/strong> high-speed at-grade road crossing plus 12 vehicle lanes<\/strong> at two<\/strong> controlled intersection legs at Bradley Cemetery Way.]<\/div>\n
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RECOMMENDED SOLUTION:<\/b>
\nAdd an additional bike\/ped bridge crossing of Route 234 south\/east of the planned interchange to directly and safely connect the Route 234 Trail and the Prince William Parkway Trail.\"\"<\/b><\/p>\n

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HOW TO PAY FOR THIS RECOMMENDED SOLUTION:<\/b>
\n1) Remove the proposed bike\/ped infrastructure with four at-grade roadway crossings from the Bradley Cemetery Way area:
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2) Change the Continuous Green-T Intersection at Brentsville Road and the off-ramp from VA234 Bypass South to a Roundabout, Standard Two-Phase Traffic Light or a Three-Way Stop Sign.\u00a0 Future traffic volumes do not warrant the expensive infrastructure needed for a Continuous Green-T Intersection.\"\"<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 Remove one northbound lane from the planned Brentsville Road Bridge to create a smaller\/cheaper bridge footprint.\u00a0 Future traffic volumes do not warrant having two northbound vehicle lanes on this bridge.\"\"<\/p>\n

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Active Prince William Co-Chair Mark Scheufler submitted the following comments regarding the proposed design of the Route 234-Brentsville Road Interchange Project on November 22, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0 Prince William County will hold a Design Public Hearing regarding this proposed highway design on December 8, 2021: \u00a0 PROBLEM: Forcing bicycle and pedestrian users to cross FOUR separate free-flowing, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,164,66,215,39,223,149,205,78],"tags":[248,257,256,103],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-prince-william","category-advocacy","category-bike-trails","category-hazard","category-pedestrians","category-prince-william-county","category-public-hearing","category-pw-bocs","category-transportation","tag-highway-project-design","tag-prince-william-bocs","tag-route-234-brentsville-road-interchange","tag-shared-use-paths","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t