The Cross County Trail, a 38 mile trail across Fairfax county, opens Dec 17. The trail runs from the Occoquan River in southern Fairfax to the Potomac River in Great Falls in the northern end of the county. The trail has a variety of surfaces - asphalt, smoke ash and natural surface - and it follows numerous stream beds, with some fair weather crossings. For much of the route the trail avoids housing developments and only has about 1/2 mile on roads. The trail connects dozens of disparate pieces of public land to create a continuous line. It can be broken up into two pieces, the Difficult Run section and the Accontink Creek section, both of which move downhill from I-66.
Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D) proposed an effort to encourage the use of bicycles in traffic-clogged Fairfax. The board agreed Monday to ask the county departments of Transportation and Planning and Zoning to consider such proposals as creating a countywide map of bicycle facilities and identifying roads that could accommodate bike lanes without considerable construction. With the planned completion of the Cross County Trail, Connolly said, "the time has come to actually look at our bicycle policy."
Nice to see Fairfax county catching up with the rest of the region - most jurisdictions have had bike maps and plans for years now. More here.
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