Jermantown Road
Jermantown Road is a corridor in Fairfax City that has been the subject of multiple distinct municipal matters across 2025–2026. 2 separate matters touch this place; each has its own status.
Jermantown Road Corridor Improvements
The Jermantown Road Corridor Improvements is an active City of Fairfax capital infrastructure project focused on transportation improvements along the Jermantown Road corridor. The project first came to Council attention in March 2025, when Councilmember Hall requested that information on Jermantown Road CIP improvements be brought to a future council meeting.
- Oct 7, 2025City Council · item 4dUpdate on Jermantown Road improvement project
Jermantown Road is the location of an improvement project that was the subject of a staff update at this meeting.
- Dec 9, 2025City Council · item 7aPublic hearing on the Jermantown Road Improvements Project
The public hearing concerned multimodal improvements to the Jermantown Road corridor between I-66 and Route 50, a project adopted into the 2018 Two Year Transportation Program and funded by NVTA since 2023.
The City of Fairfax's Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) 5-Year Update is a long-term planning document required by Virginia state code to be updated every five years, covering a twenty-year planning horizon. The plan was last updated in 2021 and the update process was underway as of mid-2025, with a public meeting held on November 20, 2025, at Katherine Johnson Middle School Library and a community survey open through the end of 2025.
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Referenced as the address (3801 Jermantown Road) of the Katherine Johnson Middle School Library, site of the November 20 public meeting.
- Apr 6, 2026School Board
Dr. Wright shared that he toured INOVA labs on Jermantown Road and noted that early-stage partnerships are being formed with city schools.
- Oct 13, 2026City Council · item 11aWork Session – Ordinance for Charitable Real Estate Tax Exemption for 3850 Jermantown Road (Nova Labs Inc., Tax Map Parcel 57-1-02-003)
Council held a work session discussion on a proposed ordinance to grant a charitable real estate tax exemption for the property at 3850 Jermantown Road, owned by Nova Labs Inc. (tax map parcel 57-1-02-003). No vote was taken.
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Most significantly, a multimodal transportation improvement project along Jermantown Road between I-66 and Route 50 has been in progress; the project was adopted into the 2018 Two Year Transportation Program and has been NVTA-funded since 2023. A staff update was presented to City Council in a work session on October 7, 2025, and a public hearing was held on December 9, 2025, at which multiple residents spoke both in support of safety improvements and in opposition — no council action was taken at that hearing, and staff was directed to follow up with resident Thomas Summakie regarding his concerns.
Separately, 3801 Jermantown Road is the address of Katherine Johnson Middle School Library, which hosted a public meeting on November 20, 2025. Additionally, 3850 Jermantown Road is the location of Nova Labs Inc., which is the subject of a proposed charitable real estate tax exemption ordinance that was discussed in a City Council work session on October 13, 2026, without a vote. Dr.
Wright also noted in an April 2026 School Board meeting that he had toured INOVA labs on Jermantown Road and that early-stage partnerships with city schools are forming.