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In August, the U.S. Government would negotiate with the Reston developers to purchase the selected land, which resulted in the gift from the developers of 50 acres of land and the government purchasing another 35 acres at $7,000 per acre. 20 more acres were purchased at the same price in 1969 as previously negotiated in the 1966 deal. [3]
Innovation Center station (preliminary names Route 28, Herndon – Dulles East) [3] [4] is a Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia on the Silver Line.It is located adjacent to the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology at the intersection of the SR 267 and SR 28 in McNair, near the Fairfax / Loudoun county line.
State Route 602 in Fairfax County, Virginia is a secondary state highway which traverses the northwestern portion of the county. [1] SR 602 is the main road through Reston, and connects with SR 608 (West Ox Road), SR 267 (Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Access Road), SR 606 (Baron Cameron Avenue), and SR 7 (Leesburg Pike).
The Planning Commission has delineated an area bounded by New Dominion Parkway, Reston Parkway, Sunset Hills Road, Sunrise Valley Drive, and Fairfax County Parkway for transit-oriented development. [22] The vast majority of the precinct is devoted to mixed-use zoning, while some outlying areas are designated for office, industrial, or ...
Reston Town Center was conceived and planned starting in the late 1970s by Mobil Land Development for approximately 460 acres (190 ha) of undeveloped land near Washington Dulles International Airport. [3] Construction of the town center began in 1988, over 20 years after the founding of Reston in 1964 by Robert E. Simon.
The Dulles Technology Corridor has access to a highly educated workforce. Of adults aged 25 and over, 58.2% in Fairfax County [10] and 57.6% in Loudoun County [11] have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 28.2% for the U.S. as a whole.
Except for a short six-lane piece in Reston, the $242 million plan included only four lanes. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Since it was a surface road, the highway could incorporate existing roads. This included portions of SR 617 (Backlick Road), SR 636 (Hooes Road), SR 641 (Pohick Road), and SR 680 (Stuart Road).
Located in Reston, the station is situated alongside Reston Station, a mixed-use urban center. [5] Upon its opening, Wiehle–Reston East was the western terminus of the Silver Line with a pocket track just beyond the station for reversing trains until November 15, 2022, when service was extended to the new westernmost terminus at Ashburn.