Pickett Road Connector Trail

In response to Cofxcres's comment: Thank you for your comment regarding the plans to renovate Thaiss Park. That project has the full support of Fairfax Little League. Of the two fields being replaced, one field is too small, and the other field is a very small nonstandard size field. The new park will replace four nonstandard sized fields with two youth league-size fields. There is one standard size field on the site which will stay the same size but receive lighting, natural turf, seating, and updated facilities.

Fairfax Little League started a softball program. Parks and Recreation Department staff recently met with league representatives to discuss current and potential future facilities for that program.

Both FPYC and Little League receive priority field usage at no cost. The travel leagues reserve the few remaining time slots.

As you begin to rebuild and change the City of Fairfax, please keep organizations in mind who desperately need fields for the community-based leagues serving the youth of Fairfax. Many are being taken away by the travel sports organizations and/or are having to be shared. Little League for example is losing 2 of the present 5 fields in your construction of Thaiss. Little League baseball has been a staple of the City of Fairfax for 68 years and has added Little League softball for the Fall of 2024. It would be wonderful for the city to consider adding Softball fields for the girls of our community. Please do not continue to eliminate what little is available. Please support Little League baseball and softball in Fairfax and consider adding more fields as opposed to eliminating those in existence.

I'm all for expanding our protected cycle infrastructure, but this seems like a weird choice. Especially when Pickett is right there, desperately in need of a road diet. It seems like installing a protected bike lane along the length of Pickett Ave. would be cheaper, less disruptive to the already limited green spaces in the city, and much more useful to all the citizens who try to get from Main Street to Lee Highway on what is currently an unpleasant and unsafe stretch of road.

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This is terrific. Lasting improvement.

We love that the proposed Pickett trail will connect several trails and that it will enable people, including many who are now living in Scout in the Circle, to experience the calm of nature instead of the traffic of Pickett. The current sidewalk on Pickett is too narrow to be safe for pedestrians and cyclists; we've tried it with our family a couple of times and it's harrowing. Please continue to only remove trees that are absolutely necessary, but we do think there's a huge gain when trails are added so that individuals can experience the joy of the wooded areas.

Need a safe crossing at Rt 50 or it’s just useless. Need a bridge or a tunnel or protected path across 50.

I ride this section of Pickett Road frequently to get to the Fairfax Connector trail on the other side of 50. The sidewalk is much too narrow to accommodate both bicyclists and pedestrians, and the street is too dangerous to ride on. This would be a great new connection. It's important to minimize the impacts on the forest and Accotink Creek. If it's possible to expand the sidewalk to a 10' multi-use trail, that would work for me, too.