HOT LANES:
The I-95/I-395 High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes project is a public-private partnership to change the current HOV lanes into toll lanes, expand them to three lanes, and extend them further south into Stafford County.
Due to a lawsuit filed by Arlington County seeking a full environmental review of the project, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) announced a modified plan in 2011 to end the HOT lanes at Edsall Road in Fairfax County, just short of the border with the City of Alexandria.
Since that time, though, VDOT officials have continued to be interested in extending the HOT lanes further north on I-395 into Alexandria and Arlington. Parkfairfax remains concerned about such a proposal for a number of reasons detailed below.
HOT Lanes Resources:
- What will the HOT Lanes mean for Shirlington?
- Letter from the Mayor to VDOT (July 20, 2009)
- Hot Lane Task Force Summary (October 13, 2009)
- City Council Resolution (October 21, 2009)
- Parkfairfax Board Resolution: Opposing the HOT Lanes Project (2010)
- VDOT Puts HOT Lanes on Hold for New (February 2011)
- Alexandria City Manager Memo (May 13, 2013)
- Parkfairfax Letter to City Reiterating HOT Lanes Concerns (July 20, 2013)
- 395 Express Lanes Project (October 12, 2017)
- 395 Express Lanes Project Update (October 11, 2018)