Committee endorses list of Eastern Loudoun high‑priority road segments for future CIP deliberations

The Transportation and Land Use Committee on March 19 voted 5–0 to recommend that the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors endorse the 2025 Eastern Loudoun Transportation Study(ELTS) high‑priority segments for consideration in future capital improvement program (CIP) budget deliberations.

The recommendation, moved by Chair Tacrone and seconded by Chair Bridal, passed without recorded opposition and asks the board to consider the ELTS table 2 high‑priority segments when planning future CIP funding.

Why it matters: Staff told the committee the ELTS consolidates prior studies and new corridor data to identify missing links and bottlenecks in eastern Loudoun. The study's rankings are intended to guide CIP budgeting, regional coordination and discussions with VDOT and adjacent jurisdictions.

County staff presenters said the ELTS began as a 2012 effort to identify missing network links and was expanded to include segments added in the 2019 Countywide Transportation Plan (CTP) update. The combined master list contains 102 segments; staff reported that between 2012 and 2024 the county completed 49 of those originally identified segments.

Presenters (Mr. Jones, Lou Mosserich and Kelly Griffin) said staff sorted the master list by segment statusbuilt, in progress (any design or construction phase), segments tied to Route 50 or Route 6006 limited‑access conversions, no longer applicable, not funded, or requiring reassessment during the CTP review/CPAM. Segments were analyzed using both data‑driven metrics (traffic and crash volumes) and qualitative factors (surrounding land‑use changes, feasibility of construction, and whether the segment is tied to a proffered development or requires regional coordination).

Staff recommended the committee forward the ELTS high‑priority segment list (Attachment 4 of the staff item) to the board for consideration in future CIP deliberations. The committee discussion touched on several specific segments and broader priorities:

- Vice Chair Turner questioned whether the priority ranking for Stone Scribe Boulevard / Aladdin County Parkway (priority 1 on the presented list) should be reduced given prior CIP notes that nearby projects could reduce traffic on that corridor. Staff said the ranking reflects current empirical crash and volume data and noted VDOT planned a pipeline study on that segment; staff said they were coordinating with VDOT and would provide updates.

- Supervisor Glass asked about Waxpool Road (priority 8) and whether it should be reclassified for CTP review; staff said the segment was close to the high/medium cusp and could be revisited.

- Pacific Boulevard was listed as low priority because its future depends in part on whether the Waterside parcel is resubmitted for rezoning; staff said they would continue to monitor that property.

Committee members discussed multiple, overlapping transportation priority lists (missing links, intersection improvement program, sidewalk/trail lists and corridor safety studies) and asked staff to consolidate or create a priority framework for finance and the board. Staff acknowledged more than a billion dollars of projects exist across programs and said they will coordinate with the finance committee to produce a consolidated prioritization and funding approach.

Staff said the CTP review/CPAM kickoff is anticipated in mid‑2025; as part of that work staff will continue regional coordination with adjacent jurisdictions and VDOT and return to the board and committees with updates. The committee motion to forward the high‑priority ELTS list passed 5–0; staff said they will advance the recommendation to the board for consideration in future CIP deliberations.