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This consultation has concluded.
On July 12, 2022, the Fairfax City Council voted to change 14 street names as recommended by the Connecting Fairfax City for All Stakeholder Advisory Group. Thousands of names were received via a public survey. The names have been reviewed, and the subcommittee has provided Council with names for consideration. Council will vote on new names at its Nov. 29 meeting.
Residents are encouraged to weigh in on the proposed names, or suggest others, until 5 p.m. Nov. 28. Please use the comments tool below, or send email to streetnames@fairfaxva.gov.
Name changes will take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Info: email, 703-385-7800.
CURRENT NAMES
NEW NAMES, Effective Jan. 1, 2023
Confederate Lane
Continental Lane
Lee Highway
Fairfax Boulevard (from Kamp Washington east to Fairfax Circle as highlighted in blue on the Proposed Street Layout map, below)
Main Street (from Kamp Washington west to the city boundary line prior to the intersection with Shirley Gate Road, as highlighted in red on the Proposed Street Layout map, below)
Blenheim Boulevard (from Fairfax Circle north to the city boundary line prior to the intersection with Blake Lane, as highlighted in purple on the Proposed Street Layout map, below)
Lee Street
Lilac Street
Mosby Road
Orchard Court (the 10000 block, which connects to Orchard Drive, as highlighted in green on the full-color map, below)
Grefe Drive (the 9000 block, which connects with Burke Station Parkway, as highlighted in blue on the full-color map, below)
Mosby Woods Drive
Fair Woods Drive
Old Lee Highway
Blenheim Boulevard (highlighted in purple on the Proposed Street Layout map, below)
On July 12, 2022, the Fairfax City Council voted to change 14 street names as recommended by the Connecting Fairfax City for All Stakeholder Advisory Group. Thousands of names were received via a public survey. The names have been reviewed, and the subcommittee has provided Council with names for consideration. Council will vote on new names at its Nov. 29 meeting.
Residents are encouraged to weigh in on the proposed names, or suggest others, until 5 p.m. Nov. 28. Please use the comments tool below, or send email to streetnames@fairfaxva.gov.
Name changes will take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Info: email, 703-385-7800.
CURRENT NAMES
NEW NAMES, Effective Jan. 1, 2023
Confederate Lane
Continental Lane
Lee Highway
Fairfax Boulevard (from Kamp Washington east to Fairfax Circle as highlighted in blue on the Proposed Street Layout map, below)
Main Street (from Kamp Washington west to the city boundary line prior to the intersection with Shirley Gate Road, as highlighted in red on the Proposed Street Layout map, below)
Blenheim Boulevard (from Fairfax Circle north to the city boundary line prior to the intersection with Blake Lane, as highlighted in purple on the Proposed Street Layout map, below)
Lee Street
Lilac Street
Mosby Road
Orchard Court (the 10000 block, which connects to Orchard Drive, as highlighted in green on the full-color map, below)
Grefe Drive (the 9000 block, which connects with Burke Station Parkway, as highlighted in blue on the full-color map, below)
Mosby Woods Drive
Fair Woods Drive
Old Lee Highway
Blenheim Boulevard (highlighted in purple on the Proposed Street Layout map, below)
Share your thoughts on the proposed street names, or suggest others, until 5 p.m. Nov. 28. Council will vote on new names at its Nov. 29 meeting.
This consultation has concluded.
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I would agree with the first comment that let's try to avoid past mistakes and also make these street names simpler. Lilac street and Orchard drive seem fine but yes I would not want Blenheim Boulevard for the issues with pronunciation and spelling.
I'm currently on Confederate Lane so I have Union or Continental. I'm not fond of either though yes I'm happy to be rid of Confederate Lane. For Union it feels unnecessarily still connected to the war, let's move past it. Continental is okay but yes I'd rather something simpler and more general related to birds, animals, plants, or other features that evoke a sense of our location. I think on the survey I suggested Sparrow Lane but there are plenty of simple, elegant names to choose from.
I was also very perplexed by the free choice entry survey. Did those survey answers impact this new list in any way? Having completely free choice seemed like an odd way to hold that survey and these new options it is unclear how they relate if at all to those entries. Certainly it will be impossible to make everyone happy, my main hope would be for simple names that evoke the area in which we live and are far removed from the previous naming centered around the war.
wfranz
over 1 year ago
Please consider a different name for Old Lee Highway. I thought we're trying to not name streets after people?! After all, the house was home to enslaved people and confederate traitors! Honoring this home and its former residents this way would be an embarrassment.
Let's not repeat our mistakes. Suggest names relating to nearby streams (Daniels Run or Accotink) or something else that speaks to the character of the surrounding neighborhoods today. Not another reminder of the civil war and the secessionists.
Additionally, Blenheim Boulevard is not pleasant to say, will result in spelling and pronunciation challenges, and does not represent the future. If "Blenheim" must be kept, please change street name to something that's not alliterative, such as Blenheim Avenue or Blenheim Parkway.
I would agree with the first comment that let's try to avoid past mistakes and also make these street names simpler. Lilac street and Orchard drive seem fine but yes I would not want Blenheim Boulevard for the issues with pronunciation and spelling.
I'm currently on Confederate Lane so I have Union or Continental. I'm not fond of either though yes I'm happy to be rid of Confederate Lane. For Union it feels unnecessarily still connected to the war, let's move past it. Continental is okay but yes I'd rather something simpler and more general related to birds, animals, plants, or other features that evoke a sense of our location. I think on the survey I suggested Sparrow Lane but there are plenty of simple, elegant names to choose from.
I was also very perplexed by the free choice entry survey. Did those survey answers impact this new list in any way? Having completely free choice seemed like an odd way to hold that survey and these new options it is unclear how they relate if at all to those entries. Certainly it will be impossible to make everyone happy, my main hope would be for simple names that evoke the area in which we live and are far removed from the previous naming centered around the war.
Please consider a different name for Old Lee Highway. I thought we're trying to not name streets after people?! After all, the house was home to enslaved people and confederate traitors! Honoring this home and its former residents this way would be an embarrassment.
Let's not repeat our mistakes. Suggest names relating to nearby streams (Daniels Run or Accotink) or something else that speaks to the character of the surrounding neighborhoods today. Not another reminder of the civil war and the secessionists.
Additionally, Blenheim Boulevard is not pleasant to say, will result in spelling and pronunciation challenges, and does not represent the future. If "Blenheim" must be kept, please change street name to something that's not alliterative, such as Blenheim Avenue or Blenheim Parkway.
Thank you.