HomeMy Public PortalAbout1999_08_10_r255 The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED August 10, 1999
RESOLUTION NO. 99-255 ADOPTED August 10, 1999
A RESOLUTION: OBJECTING TO THE CHILDREN'S CENTER ROAD CONNECTION
RELATED TO TIlE ROUTE 7 LIMITED ACCESS PLAN
WHEREAS, significant new residential development activity in western Loudoun
County will generate additional vehicular traffic that may compromise the planned level
of service of Route 7 and other local roads; and
WHEREAS, the County has identified a need to design and implement a limited
access plan for Route 7 west of the Town of Leesburg in order to preserve the intended
limited access function and trip capacity of that roadway; and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 1999, the Loudoun County Transportation Division staff
presented Alternative 2 of the Route 7 Limited Access Implementation Plan to the Board
of Supervisors' Transportation Committee; and
WHEREAS, said proposed Implementation Plan proposes a connection of a Route
7 parallel access road through the Shenstone subdivision which connects to Children's
Center Road and Catoctin Circle within the Town of Leesburg; and
WHEREAS, such connection to Children's Center Road and Catoctin Circle will
create unplanned and costly traffic impacts on the collector and local road system of the
Town of Leesburg and is inconsistent with the Transportation Element of the Town Plan;
and
WHEREAS, Alternative 2 has not yet been thoroughly evaluated to determine
whether there is an essential need for connection to Children's Center Road and Catoctin
Circle; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Committee of the Town Council at their
meeting of August 3, 1999, requested that a resolution be prepared and sent to Loudoun
County stating the Town's position with regard to the proposed Alternative 2.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. The Town of Leesburg strongly objects to the component of
Alternative 2 which connects to Children's Center Road and Catoctin Circle or which
adversely impacts the road network of the town in any manner.
SECTION II. The Town of Leesburg objects to the Toll Brothers request to
extend the cul-de-sac's length now allowed by Loudoun County.
SECTION III. If the Children's Center Road/Catoctin Circle proposal is pursued
over the strong objection of the Town, the following shall be prerequisites to any final
determination:
1. Re-run the VDOT Transportation Model for the Town with the Children's
Center connection, and
2. Prepare a traffic study showing where traffic signals, turn lanes, roadway
widening, sidewalks and roadway geometrics would be needed because of
added traffic, and
3. Specify funding sources and timing of needed improvements, and
4. Secure a Town Plan Amendment to amend the functional classification of
appropriate roads as indicated in the Transportation Element based on the
results of the re-run of the VDOT Transportation Model.
SECTION IV. The Town Manager is directed to deliver this resolution to the
appropriate officials of Loudoun County.
PASSED this 10th day of August, 1999.
Clerk of Council
J~d~es E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg