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Commission backs removal of Gloucester Parkway’s eastern segment from county transportation plan
Summary
After a traffic and resource analysis, the Planning Commission voted to forward a county-initiated Comprehensive Plan Amendment recommended by staff and endorsed by the Board of Supervisors to remove the Gloucester Parkway eastern segment across Goose Creek from the 2019 Countywide Transportation Plan.
The Loudoun County Planning Commission voted 8-0-1 on May 27 to recommend removing the eastern segment of the planned Gloucester Parkway extension from the 2019 Countywide Transportation Plan (CTP). The recommended change follows a county study that found traffic operations forecast for the study area were similar with and without the Gloucester Parkway extension.
Why it matters: Gloucester Parkway is a planned east–west connection intended to link Sterling, Ashburn and Leesburg. The staff analysis used the county travel-demand model with a 2040 horizon and found that removing the full extension or only the eastern segment shifts trips to parallel…
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