Cross County Trail Before and After
2008 - 2009 Paving Project
Downstream from Lake Accotink

In May 2008, the Fairfax County Park Authority began construction of asphalt trail along Accotink Creek downstream from Lake Accotink to Hunter Village Drive. Eighty percent funded by the Federal Highway Administration, the $2.25 million project may more closely resemble road-building than trail-building. The asphalt will be eight feet wide, with two more feet of gravel shoulder on each side. There will be three bridges across Accotink Creek and 15 - 20 culverts over tributaries.

This site will document the damage being done to the habitat without any mitigation at all. Construction should continue through summer, 2009.

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