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The city will host a pre-construction community meeting for the Eisenhower Avenue Metrorail Station Pedestrian Crossing Improvements Project on Thursday, March 26, from 6 to 7 p.m.
City staff will discuss the project scope, construction schedule, and potential travel impacts. Time will be provided to address community questions and concerns.
The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Registration is required at zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BiNh7EvhSmeyW7nx3YRf1A.
The $2.5 million project will improve pedestrian crossing infrastructure along Eisenhower Avenue immediately adjacent to the Eisenhower Avenue Metrorail Station. The project was identified as a high priority improvement in the Eisenhower East Small Area Plan adopted by City Council on March 14, 2020.
The area has experienced an increase in pedestrian traffic due to high-density residential developments north of the station, plus staff and visitors of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, National Science Foundation and WMATA's Virginia facility. Active construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2026 and conclude in June 2027.
Project funding is provided by the Federal Transit Administration and administered by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.
Additional information is available on the project webpage.
The pedestrian crossing project is among several infrastructure initiatives underway in Alexandria. The city is also advancing design work on the $2.16 million Taylor Run Infrastructure Stabilization Project, which aims to protect at-risk stormwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure. A community meeting on design alternatives for that project is also scheduled for March 26.
Separately, the city is conducting a feasibility study to extend the Beauregard Trail roughly 1.5 miles from Fillmore Avenue to the Fairfax County border. A virtual public meeting on that project is scheduled for March 25 at 7 p.m.
