Seminary Road Committee

Almost every resident of Seminary West relies on Seminary Road (VA-420) to access the rest of the City and the world beyond. Seminary Road is our neighborhood's main street, not just for vehicles, but for public transit and pedestrians, and for cyclists and other alternative-mode users brave enough to ride on it. Thus, the Seminary West Civic Association (and sister groups including Seminary Park and Seminary Heights) realize that Seminary Road is essential to our neighborhood’s mobility and accessibility, and therefore must operate safely and efficiently. Read more here.

May 2024 Update: Traffic Study Funding

In May 2024, the City was awarded an $80,000 grant to study and make recommendations for road safety along the corridor. From the press release: 

Seminary Road Safety Improvements
City of Alexandria, $80,000

This project will identify and develop conceptual designs for safety improvements along Seminary Road, a high-crash corridor that serves an Equity Emphasis Area community and falls within the one-mile walkshed for two elementary schools. Potential corridor enhancements may include new crosswalks, lane modifications, sidewalk improvements, and bus stop improvements, among other treatments.

You can read the full press release from the organization that awarded the grant here, and a WUSA9 recap here.

Survey Results

The Executive Summary of the Seminary Road community survey is now available. Of 310 total respondents, 150 voluntarily provided an address in Seminary West. (The remainder either did not provide an address or provided an address nearby but not in Seminary West.)

See more photos at the bottom of this page.

Seminary Road Committee

The Seminary Road Committee serves as the focal point between residents, the City of Alexandria, VDOT, and agencies responsible for Seminary Road to make this key traffic corridor a safe and efficient multi-modal roadway.

Members:

• Victoria Waskowicz, Chair

• Elizabeth Dahouk

• Ron McNeely

• Les Jackson (Seminary Park President)

• Owen Curtis (SWCA President)

Please feel free to contact us at SafetyOnSeminary@gmail.com.

Photos

All are from September 2023, between 9/2/23 and 9/9/23. (Keep scrolling down.)

Photo credit: Ron McNeely