Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements
The Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements is an active transportation infrastructure project in the City aimed at improving the intersection of Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place. 8 separate matters touch this project; each has its own status.
Davies Property
The Davies Property project is a mixed-use redevelopment of 4131 Chain Bridge Road (2.69 acres) in Fairfax City, proposed by The Hill, A Davies Family, LLC. The application sought to rezone the site from RM (Residential Medium) to CU (Commercial Urban), retaining the Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District (TOD overlay), with a General Development Plan for a building of up to 276 multifamily apartments, approximately 10,796 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space (retail and office), and a 3-level below-grade parking garage.
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
The Ox Block
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
Gatewood Plaza
Gatewood Plaza is a proposed redevelopment project at 10201 Fairfax Boulevard involving the demolition of an existing multi-story office building (sometimes referred to as the "State Farm building") and its replacement with a mixed-use residential development of approximately 334 units, proposed mostly as one-bedroom apartments. The applicant is seeking a zoning map amendment from RM Residential Medium and CR Commercial Retail to CR Commercial Retail, a comprehensive plan amendment to change the future land use designation from Commercial Corridor to Multifamily Neighborhood, a special use permit for upper-story residential and mixed uses, and nine special exceptions covering density, building height, bulk plane, required yards, transitional yards, parking, and resource protection area.
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
Pathway Homes proposal
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
Christopher at Fairfax
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
- Staff Report
A forthcoming Chain Bridge/Eaton Place meeting was noted as an upcoming item by staff.
The Two-Year Transportation Program is the City of Fairfax's rolling planning and prioritization mechanism for transportation projects, through which candidate projects are advanced for concept development, feasibility study, and funding applications. It serves as a critical bridge between adopted policy documents (such as Small Area Plans, the Bicycle Master Plan, and the Comprehensive Plan) and active project delivery.
- Staff Report
A forthcoming Chain Bridge/Eaton Place meeting was noted as an upcoming item by staff.
Taco Bell
The Taco Bell project concerns a proposed new Taco Bell restaurant with a drive-through at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard, specifically on Parcel D — a 0.66-acre vacant pad site within an existing shopping center (larger Parcel A is 2.4 acres) that was previously approved under a 2017 general development plan and 2008 proffers. The shopping center contains approximately 119 shared parking spaces with no dedicated parking for any individual tenant.
- Staff Report
A forthcoming Chain Bridge/Eaton Place meeting was noted as an upcoming item by staff.
- Oct 8, 2024City Council · item 12cPresentation and update on the Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place project
A presentation and update on the Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place project was provided during the work session; no formal action was taken.
- Discussion on the Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements
Council discussed proposed intersection improvements at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place during the February 18, 2025 work session. No formal action was taken.
- Public hearing on the Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements Project
Public hearing held at the intermediate design stage. No Council action was required. Residents provided comments on the project design prior to right-of-way acquisition.
In full
The project was first surfaced publicly in a City Council work session on October 8, 2024, where a presentation and update were provided but no formal action was taken. Staff flagged a forthcoming community meeting on the project in October 2024, and by February 2025 the project was included among active transportation items being tracked by the Planning Division. Council held a dedicated work session discussion on February 18, 2025, again without formal action.
The project reached a significant milestone on March 25, 2025, when a public hearing was held at the intermediate design stage — presented by Transportation Director Wendy Sanford — with residents offering comments both in support and opposition; the intermediate design/public hearing stage precedes right-of-way acquisition, and no Council action was required at that step.