Residents of an Oakton neighborhood are mobilizing against Fairfax County’s consideration of using one of their community’s streets as a cut-through between two major roadways.
“There are many concerns,” said Suli Wong, a resident of the English Oaks neighborhood, in May 19 remarks to the Board of Supervisors.
Wong used the board’s public comment period to raise an alarm about the proposal to turn Hibbard Street into a connection between Chain Bridge (Route 123) and Hunter Mill roads. Hibbard currently can be accessed via Chain Bridge Road, but ends in a cul-de-sac before reaching Hunter Mill…