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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PI~ESENTED September 12, 1989
89-174 ADOPTED September 12, 1989
ENDORSING THEROUTE653/D~S TOLL ROADINTERCHANGE
WHEREAS, State Corporation Commission consideration of the extension of the Dulles Toll
Road by the Virginia Toll Road Corporation (VTRC) depends, in part, on the consistency of county
and town transportation plans with this proposed improvement; and
WHEREAS, Leesburg's comprehensive plan presently shows the proposed toll road extension
through the corporate limits, west of the airport to the Route 7/15 by-pass; and
WHE~, Loudoun County is presently considering amendments to the Leesburg Area
Management Plan (LAMP) to incorporate the proposed Dunes toll road extension alignment; and
WHEREAS, the environmental document published by VDOT for the Dunes Toll Road
extension project illustrates an interchange at Route 653; and
WI-IE~, the Battlefield Parkway alignment study performed by Wilbur Smith & Associates
contemplated an interchange at this intersection, which helped establish the southern alignment and
projected service levels for Battlefield Parkway;, and
WHEREAS, PHR&A performed a study of the impacts of this interchange on the Battlefield
Parkway]Dunes Toll Road extension interchange and concluded that it's omission would adversely
affect the service level of this major Leesburg arterial road; and
WHEREAS, the PHR&A study and town planning and engineering staff conclude that the
proposed Route 653 interchange offers the following benefits:
1. Supplemental alternative access to Leesburg Municipal Airport as well as
improved response time for emergency/fire and rescue services to this important facility;
2. Relief of potential peak hour congestion along the East Battlefield Parkway
corridor, thereby ensuring a minimum level of service C;
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RESOLUTION - ENDORSING THE ROUTE 653/DULLES TOLL ROAD INTERCHANGE
3. Future construction of this facility at the expense of the VTRC; and
WHE~, the proposed interchange will accommodate the future function of Route 653 as a
ciro,ml~erential arterial, which will relieve traffic on Route 7 and Battlefield Parkway in the future:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The proposed location of a future interchAno~e at the intersection of Route 653 and
the proposed Dulles toll road extension, as endorsed by VDOT, the Commonwealth Transportation
Board and the VTRC is recommended for incorporation in the amendments to the Leesburg Area
Management Plan.
SECTION II. The manager is directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the Honorable
Betty Tat,,m~ Chairman of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, the county administrator,
Virginia Department of Transportation and Virginia Toll Road Corporation.
PASSED this 12 ch .day of
Sept ember ~989.
Robert E. Sevila
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk of Coun~
Rt. 653