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PRESENTED November 12, 1996
RESOLUTION NO. 96-244 ADOPTED November 12, 1996
A RESOLUTION: STATING THE TOWN COUNCIL'S POSITION ON THE
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR STUDY
WESTERN
WHEREAS, Town Council Resolution No. 90-110 adopted on May, 1990, recommended that the
Western Bypass be built east of Goose Creek; and
WHEREAS, the Loudoun County Board of Supe~wisors adopted legislation on December 21, 1994,
recommending the Western Bypass be built west of Goose Creek along the Route 653 power line
alignment; and
WHEREAS, the most current proposed alignments for the Western Transportation Corridor
Study show roadways which terminate at Route 7; and
WHEREAS, a VDOT spokesman stated at an October 15, 1996, Town Council committee meeting
that the projected traffic volumes on the Bypass if terminated at Route 7, Route 15 nmih of Leesburg
would cause a level of se~wice "F" (Force Flow) unless Route 15 is widened to four lanes or a new four
lane road is built north to Mawland; and
WHEREAS, if the Western Bypass is terminated at Route 7, the traffic study prepared by
Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Inc. on September 30, 1996, predicts that Route 7 west of
Route 659 will increase from the current traffic count of 59,239 vehicles per day to as much as 65,586
vehicles per day, also traffic on Route 15 nm"th of Leesburg is predicted to increase from the current
traffic count of 23,672 vehicles per day to as much as 28,977 vehicles per day; and
WHEREAS, one of the proposed alignments for the Western Corridor Road is adjacent to the
power line which runs along the Route 653 and extends across the river into Mawland and across 1-270,
creating a potential logical location for crossing the Potomac; and
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WHEREAS, the draft town transpm~tation plan shows the proposed Route 653 alignment as a
circumferential road from Route 7 to Route 15, opposite Route 704; and
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Economic Development Commission, at its regular meeting on October
2, 1996, voted unanimously to endorse the Western Bypass alignment near the Route 653 power line
easement; and
WHEREAS, VDOT does not have the resources to adequately address the needs of existing
primaw roads within the town including an additional two lanes of the Bypass.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The Town Council recommends that the highway be constructed on or near the
existing Route 653 and power line easement.
SECTION II. The Town Council strongly urges that only a limited access divided highway that
extends across the Potomac River into Mawland be considered for the corridor.
SECTION III. Town Council insists that if the Route 653 power line alignment is selected VDOT
must adequately address local traffic needs shown in the Town Comprehensive Plan associated with Cross
Trail Boulevard, River Creek Parkway, and their realignment and connection to Route 7.
SECTION IV. The Town Council is strongly opposed to locating the corridor through or near
the historic Ball's Bluff National Cemetew and its surrounding park.
SECTION V. Town Council adamantly opposes any alignment for the corridor that terminates
on Route 7.
SECTION VI. Town Council requests that VDOT and state and local elected officials work with
their counterparts in Mawland to complete the bypass to resolve traffic issues that currently exist on 1-
270, Route 7 and Route 15.
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SECTION VII. Town Council recommends that Route 15 remain a two lane road to prevent it
from being used as a western bypass.
PASSED this 12th day of November, 1996.
To eS E. Clem, Mayor
n of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
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