Mohammed Kadasi, County Capital Facilities Department, Shahla Zahirieh, County Department of Transportation, Supervisor John Foust and Knut Ryerson and daughter dedicate the new walkway on July 18. Contributed
McLean residents in the area of Powhatan Street are now walking safely on a sidewalk recently completed by the Fairfax County Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES).
The concrete trail, completed on May 20, is approximately 900 linear feet and runs along the east side of Powhatan Street, between the Powhatan Nursing Home and Overbrook Street, close to the
Fairfax County and Arlington County border. Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville), residents and county staff dedicated the new trail at an event held on July 18 at the corner of Powhatan Street and Orland Street.
Resident and neighbor Knut Ryerson had difficulty pushing a stroller with his young son along Powhatan Street. He brought the need for a sidewalk to the attention of the Dranesville District Supervisor’s office in 2007. Supervisor Foust then obtained funding for the project in 2009 using Commercial and Industrial Tax revenues.
The project was managed by Shahla Zahirieh, of the Fairfax County Department of Transportation. Sam Lim from the County’s DPWES Capital Facilities Division was construction manager.