County reports CIP progress: EV chargers, recycling center, fire stations and landfill improvements highlighted

Loudoun County’s capital programs office presented its quarterly update on capital improvement projects, showing completed, in-progress and upcoming work across county facilities and transportation projects.

Key highlights: staff reported completion of perimeter plantings at the Sterling recycling center and said the center is fully planted and operating. The River Bend stream and outfall restoration and its paved walkway and bridge reopened in time for the school year. At the landfill, crews are installing scale ramps to separate commercial and residential traffic; substantial completion is expected in November. Fire-and-rescue projects — Round Hill station and Meadowview receiving facility — are at framing and mechanical rough‑in stages; a ground breaking was reported for Leesburg Station 28.

Electric-vehicle infrastructure: the county’s Phase 1 program has 15 sites currently providing roughly 130 charging ports across county properties, with 10–11 ports already installed at several key sites. Engineering estimates for 13 additional sites are about $975,000 to add 82 more ports; staff said estimates are within the previously anticipated budget.

Transportation and facilities: DTCI staff said the county is managing 167 projects valued at approximately $3.8 billion; highlighted items included the Route 50 Riverside Parkway signage changes and the North Star Boulevard design endorsement schedule. Capital staff fielded questions on schedule timing for various design endorsements and said they would follow up on Fairfax County coordination for the Route 50 North Collector (MBTA/NDOT) endorsements.

Why it matters: The update underscores the county’s infrastructure pipeline and near-term deliverables, particularly electrification of county parking and several public safety facility projects that are moving into construction.

What’s next: Staff will bring further updates as projects reach procurement and construction milestones; supervisors asked follow-up questions on several individual projects and asked staff to check on MBTA/partner endorsements for specific road applications.

Quoted: “It is a fantastic project… I will offer tours to anybody that wants to come explore it,” the director of DGS said of the landfill commercial improvements. On EV charging, staff said the additional 13 sites would add about 82 ports at an estimated $973–975,000 in engineering estimates.