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Waxpool/28 Interchange is now open!

Discussion in 'General Chat Forum' started by DAD4, Dec 19, 2004.

  1. WesGurney

    WesGurney New Member

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    Check out http://www.28freeway.com/projectmap.html (click on Rt.625 and Nokes)

    They show Pacific parallelling Rt.28 from Rt. 606 all the way to Rt. 7.

    This will help tremendously because if someone is on Rt. 7 and wants to do some shopping at Wegmans/retail area, they have the option to take Pacific and bypass 28 and Waxpool completely.

    It would be cool if someone had one of those traffic simulator's we could run a few scenario's on. :)
     
  2. Azsweepay

    Azsweepay New Member

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    Maybe I will just take Claiborne to 7 and then come back down Rt 28. Was running over there on Saturday and the work seems to be coming along.

    Gregg
     
  3. Tech Head

    Tech Head New Member

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    Coming home tonight was horrendous as well. Traffic was backed up in the right lane all the way to Sterling Blvd. It wasn't until the Ice House that traffic was freed up! I agree with vacliff. The new interchange has just made things a lot worse. The Pacific intersection cannot handle the volume of cars that is being thrown at it with this new configuration. There is no end in sight either. It will just be worse when the flyover ramp opens - that's just throwing more cars into the mess.
    I don't think that the opening of the other bridge will make any difference either. The problem is the lights along Waxpool!

    Looks like it's the Greenway for me from now on!
    :(
     
  4. neilz

    neilz New Member

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    I was going the other way today, over to the Dulles main Post Office. Looking at the traffic, between Loudoun Pkwy, Pacific, and the other turn off toward the Post Office (forget the street name), then seeing nothing between the Waxpool left turn, and Loudoun Pkwy drove home that is is the timing of the lights between Pacific and the Pkwy that is causing all the problems.

    To head home, I took the back route over to Rt 606/Old Ox, and jumped on the Greenway, took me 5 minutes to Claiborne. I figure I was home before many of those people I passed heading toward the Post Office. !!



    Neil Z.
    Resident since 1999
     
  5. afgm

    afgm Ashburn Farm Resident

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    I find it odd, Delegate Black hasn't stepped forward and taken credit for this piece of work. Guess he picks and chooses which projects to steal credit for. Smart man. Scary man.
     
  6. exrook

    exrook New Member

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    Since the rates went up in September, it is now $2.75 (Peak) and $2.35 (non-Peak).
     
  7. mdr227

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    No matter what the interchange does to relieve traffic or not on 28, the major bottleneck is still going to be Waxpool Rd. between 28 and Ash. Village Blvd. It has been this way for years. They really should make it 6 lanes all the way to this interchange and not just LCP. However, having 6 lanes to LCP with one being a left turn only lane will help once the new bridge is opened. However, as LCP is paved to Rt 7 and the Brambleton area continues to develop along with the 16 screen movie theatre due to open in a little more than a year things along LCP are going to get progressively worse. Luckily they have done the smart thing and built the road large enough to be able to handle a much larger volume. A cloverleaf interchange at LCP and Waxpool would open things up nicely. However, I know there will never be funding for that.
     
  8. flynnibus

    flynnibus Well-Known Member Forum Staff

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    lets face it.. as important as waxpool is to us.. it seems as if the county planners wished no one would use it.

    We are getting all these north south corridors improved (LCP, 28, etc) .. and yet east to west still only has limited choices which all are horrible. Rt 7.. overcrowded.. Greenway.. private shouldn't be considered.. Rt 50.. too far south.. Waxpool.. perfect location.. red-headed stepchild

    Does the county really think people should use Rt 50 to go westward from the Toll Corridor? It really seems the County treats the Greenway as a 'required' road instead of the optional bypass it should be.

    -Steve
     
  9. neilz

    neilz New Member

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    Don't forget an additional ten cents off for the SmartTag ... even so, I get paid more than $2.75 an hour, so spending perhaps 5.5% of an hours pay is worth the use of the Toll Road .. shoot, many of us pay more than that at Starbucks for a cuppa !!



    Neil Z.
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  10. volvo_nut

    volvo_nut New Member

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    Perhaps they should have held off and kept the left turning lanes on to Waxpool. At least it gave a chance for the traffic to get past Pacific. Now it is a constant flow and backs up even worse.

    Trafffic leaving Wegmans was only made worse and this past weekend when Loudoun county cops were making folks turn right and do a u-turn at the Nissan dealer.

    Maybe we'll be happy that baseball will be in D.C. and not Dulles, the additional traffic for a Monday night game could have been really ugly.
     
  11. DAD4

    DAD4 New Member

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    For the last couple of weeks I have been taking the toll road, exit 28N, and hitting this interchange to exit onto Waxpool. (I hit the interchange @ approx. 5:30 P.M.) I have to say that traffic is flowing rather smoothly. They seem to really have gotten the Waxpool lights in sync. Also the Fairfax Wegmans is due to open sometime in February. I believe that this will also help this area, considering everyone that I know from Fairfax travels up here to shop at Wegmans.

    I tried Waxpool to 28S this morning. WHAT A MESS!
     
  12. snoopy

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    I have to agree ... Been getting on Waxpool from 28 around 5 PM - 5:30 PM and traffic light seems to work with you instead of against you !! [8D] I'm home from Herndon office in less than 20 minutes ... not a bad commute !!
     
  13. wahoogeek

    wahoogeek New Member

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    Here is an email I received in response to my email about the Waxpool backup. I have a feeling that they received plenty of emails/calls about the congestion.

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    The opening of the Route 28/625 Interchange removed the most dangerous
    intersection in all of Loudoun County, in terms of accidents, and
    relieved
    a severe bottleneck along the Route 28 corridor. By eliminating this
    chokepoint on 28, traffic is flowing more freely to the Waxpool and
    Church
    Road corridors resulting in the congestion that you have experienced.

    The 28 project Team, including Route 28 LLC, VDOT, Loudoun County
    Office of
    Transportation, and the Sheriff's office, have been working together
    since
    the interchange opening to improve upon the congestion issue,
    particularly
    along Waxpool Road. First, construction is continuing to widen Waxpool
    Road
    from 4 to 6 lanes out to Loudoun County Parkway. Depending on the
    weather
    this winter, we should have this widening completed this Spring.

    Second, we have been monitoring the congestion problems practically
    every
    day since the opening and found that for the most part, traffic is
    flowing
    more freely throughout the area than it did before. The exception
    appears
    to the evening rush hour along Waxpool from about 5:30 to 6:45 when the
    traffic volumes are greatest. The cause seems to be the signals at
    Pacific,
    Broderick, Loudoun County Parkway, and Smith Switch Rd. To improve upon
    this, we have continually adjusted the signal timings at these 4
    intersections in an effort to get traffic flowing more freely. The last
    significant adjustment occurred on January 6th, so we are watching
    conditions this week to gauge the results. We also installed cameras
    last
    week at these intersections to get real time reports of traffic issues.

    Several other improvements have been implemented or are under review.
    An
    additional left turn lane was installed for southbound Pacific to
    eastbound
    Waxpool. For northbound Pacific (from AOL), we are reviewing whether we
    can
    safely install duel left and right turn lanes onto Waxpool. We are also
    reviewing whether we can install an additional thru lane along
    westbound
    Waxpool at Pacific. In the longer term, construction is underway to
    complete Loudoun County Parkway from Redskins Park to Route 7. This
    alternate north/south corridor should help to ultimately relieve some
    of
    the volume along 28/Waxpool.

    Commercial Drive intersection at Route 28 was closed in order to
    complete
    construction of the ramps for the interchange and in accordance with
    the
    State's policy for "limited access" along Route 28. Originally
    constructed
    by the developer of Dulles 28 Center, the intersection was allowed as a
    proffer by the County and VDOT only as a temporary condition until such
    time as the 28/625 interchange was built. There are plans currently
    underway by the County and VDOT to extend Pacific Blvd. to the north to
    Severn Way.

    The 28 Team is working diligently to improve upon conditions throughout
    the
    area. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

    Sincerely-

    Jon Harman
    Development Manager
    Route 28 Corridor Improvements, LLC
     
  14. WesGurney

    WesGurney New Member

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    Great info! Thanks for posting. Sounds like this Spring is when they will be complete with the Waxpool widening portion of the project.

    I am hoping this will fix the problems we have all been seeing.

    (keeping fingers crossed) :)
     

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