Fairfax County proposes six speed humps on Ben Franklin, Ridgeway and Wesley after traffic study
Fairfax County Department of Transportation presented a traffic-calming plan that would add one speed hump on Ben Franklin Road, three on Ridgeway Drive and two on Wesley Road after a traffic study showed 85th-percentile speeds well above the posted limit; the plan now must win a ballot of 194 occupied properties.
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Ryan O' Carol, with the Fairfax County Department of Transportation, presented a traffic-calming plan for Ben Franklin Road, Ridgeway Drive and Wesley Road at a community meeting on July 2, 2026, showing the streets met the program's traffic thresholds and proposing six speed humps across the three roadways.
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