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TextRibbon Cutting Marks Completion of New Beltway Sound Wall at North Springfield Elementary School
The Virginia Department of Transportation and its private partners for
the Capital Beltway HOT Lanes, Transurban-Fluor, held a ribbon cutting
ceremony on Wednesday, Decemeber 1, celebrating the completion of a
new sound wall constructed at the North Springfield Elementary
School.
The North Springfield Elementary School sound wall runs along the Inner
Loop of I-495 to connect with newly installed walls, creating a
continuous wall from Hemming Avenue to Braddock Road. The new wall is
approximately 3-6 feet taller than the old wall depending on the
topography.
Project leaders worked with Braddock District Supervisor John Cook,
Delegate Vivian Watts, School Board Member Tessie Wilson, and North
Springfield school officials to ensure the safety of elementary school
children while the wall was under construction.
As part of the Capital Beltway HOT Lanes project, new sound walls are
being constructed along both sides of the 14-mile Beltway corridor from
Heming Avenue to just north of the Dulles Toll Road to nearly triple the
noise protection for adjacent communities. Over 80,000 linear feet of new
sound walls are being built as part of the project. “Sound wall
construction is a major benefit of the Capital Beltway HOT Lanes
project,” stated Larry Cloyed, VDOT senior project manager for the
Capital Beltway HOT Lanes. “In order to expand the Beltway with four new
Lanes, it was critical to upgrade the noise protection along the project
corridor.”
For more information on the Capital Beltway HOT Lanes, please visit
www.vamegaprojects.com or www.virginiahotlanes.com.
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