Town Council Work Session
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What items are on the agenda for the Leesburg Town Council work session?
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So um let um get together let's start the meeting.
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Um battle f our first item for discussion tonight is the Battlef Battlefield Parkway and Route 15 Bypass Interchange Project.
Hello? And I'm here to ask you for Uh endorsement of the interchange access report for the Battlefield Parkway and Route fifteen bypass interchange. This is the first major milestone for this project. We will have multiple additional stages to go before we get to construction. Uh we have received two million dollars in funding from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority for this project, this first phase. So just a little background. If you look on this slide you can see where the project location is up in the corner.
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Hang on. There we go. Up there in the corner that the yellow highlighted area is the project area. We've got Battlefield Parkway running across and Route fifteen bypass running up and down. This interchange has been planned since the mid-1980s. The land was acquired in 1987, and developing the Interchange Access Report, or IAR, is the first step in construction of an interchange. The project elements include the grade-separated interchange with a 10-foot shared use path on one side and a five-foot sidewalk on the other side. It does also involve removing access from Route fifteen bypass to the unimproved sections of Dry Hollow Road and Old Balls Bluff Road. The project goals are to reduce intersection congestion, improve pedestrian bicycle access across Route fifteen bypass, and remove the last signalized intersection on the Route fifteen bypass.
So we've accomplished a lot with this project already, and that's shown in the blue. In uh November of twenty twenty two, council did endorse the selection of the double roundabout with at-grade pedestrian crossings and since then we have refined the alternative, held a third public meeting and drafted the interchange access report. So now we're back to you to receive endorsement of the final interchange access report. Then we'll take it to V dot for their approval. And we're going to utilize the remain remaining funds to forward the design in preparation for final scoping, which includes completing this IAR effort, do some additional design work to develop a detailed cost estimate and complete public outreach before moving into the detailed design later on.
So just a little bit about the preferred alternative. Stakeholders from Loudoun County, V Dot, And the town staff, including the police department, met reviewed all the alternatives and narrowed the alternatives to four options. Those four options were refined and presented to the public for their input and then we brought them to you for your discussion. And in on november fifteenth, twenty twenty two, town council endorsed the double roundabouts with at grade pedestrian crossings as your preferred alternative. Um The main elements of this Alternative involve battlefield parkway running across this way, Route fifteen running up and down, Route fifteen bypass stays at grade and the battlefield comes up, goes across the bridge.
The ramps from route fifteen come up to the roundabouts that are at the same grade as the bridge. The main benefits of this alternative include being the highest ranked alternative on public surveys. It does encourage traffic calming. It provides steadier traffic flow with no signals. It's expected to reduce the number and severity of crashes based on input or data collected on other roundabouts and other areas. It has the smallest smallest bridge deck, which will reduce the construction cost and maintenance cost. It provides a direct pedestrian route and provides sufficient intersection separation to accommodate future signals at Falls Bluff Road and or Fieldstone Drive if needed. So here's a rendering of the preferred alternative.
Again, we have Battlefield Uh Route fifteen bypass running at grade and then the ramps from fifteen coming up to this roundabouts with battlefield coming up to the roundabouts and going across the bridge.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What items are on the agenda for the Leesburg Town Council work session?
0:17–7:04
2
How does the Battlefield Parkway and Route 15 Bypass Interchange Project aim to improve traffic flow?
7:04–11:08
3
What funding has been secured for the Battlefield Parkway interchange and what are the next milestones?
11:08–15:16
4
What are the key features of the preferred double‑roundabout design for the interchange?
15:16–20:05
5
How do adjacent road‑widening projects affect the timing of the Battlefield Parkway interchange?
20:05–23:59
6
What changes are being considered for parking‑lot standards in the H‑One historic district?
23:59–28:10
7
Are the proposed storm‑water ponds for the interchange dry ponds or wet ponds?
28:10–31:53
8
Will the interchange access report be placed on the consent agenda and what proclamations are pending?
31:53–36:06
Speakers
4 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.