There are discussions underway to redevelop the Hidden Creek Country Club which is on the north side of the trail in Reston. It appears that the plan will include a trail connection from the W&OD trail to the "Blue Trail" which goes under Wiehle Avenue and up to North Shore Drive. And then also to a linear park going east-west along the stream through the golf course.
Between 2.5 and 3.5 miles of trails would be added to the grand park, as well as recreational amenities like indoor tennis, a garden of remembrance, a playground, a splash park, and a dog park. The company is also contemplating renovation of the Temporary Road Recreation Area and restoring between 3,000 and 5,000 feat of degraded streams. The park would connect with the Washington & Old Dominion Trail and other nearby destinations like Reston Town Center and Lake Anne Village Center.
For more on the vision, go to page 69 of this document.
I'll point out that there is also some pretty organized opposition to converting the golf course into parks and housing. They would like to leave it a golf course or other "open space". This same group prevented the conversion of the golf course to the south of the Dulles Toll Road. To their advantage the Master Plan and County Plan has these courses as golf courses, so that would have to be changed in this case.
If you look at the top photo, you'll see that a gas utility corridor goes north south through the area. That line/corridor runs from the Washington Gas facility along Gude Road in Rockville south to this point and then on to Brentsville, VA. I'm not saying you could build a trail on it all the way between those points, but it would be cool if you could.
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