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Sunday, December 6, 2009

News: County Unveils Reston Master Plan Special Study, Reston Observer, Dec. 4, 2009

By Leslie Perales
Observer Staff Writer

Fairfax County officials presented plans for the Reston Master Plan Special Study to more than 100 area residents at South Lakes High School on Tuesday evening.

Heidi Merkel, a senior planner with the county's department of planning and zoning, said Reston is a unique area of Fairfax County because many of its residents also work in close proximity to their homes. She said in 2001 the county took a look at the master plan for Reston and made some changes but now that transportation plans have changed the 2001 changes need to be revisited.

The last time the master plan was reviewed, county officials were planning on a number of phases of transportation alternatives to take shape, starting with bus rapid transit by the end of the decade, Merkel said. Now that the phased transportation plan has skipped straight to the rail phase, many of the plans the county had on file are obsolete, she said.

For the rest of this article on the Task Force's purpose, plan, processes, and schedule, please read here: http://www.observernews.com/story08/news08/120409_restonmp.html

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