News: Loudoun County Chairman York Announces $80 Million Transportation Loan to Kincora Project

(June 24, 2012) - Loudoun County Chairman Scott K. York and Supervisor Shawn M. Williams announce this week what they called a "huge win for Loudoun" and in particular for the thousands of commuters that travel Waxpool Road and Route 28 on a daily bases as the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) approved an $80 million loan from the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank to the Kincora development to build Gloucester Parkway and Pacific Boulevard in Loudoun County. This loan will pave the way to construct the most critical missing road link in eastern Loudoun.


As part of the Kincora rezoning, the development is responsible for building Gloucester Parkway across the Broad Run, between Loudoun County Parkway and Route 28, where in it will link up to Nokes Boulevard. Completing Gloucester Parkway is projected to take 15,000 daily trips off Waxpool Road.

The development is also responsible for completing Pacific Boulevard between Nokes and Russell Branch Parkway. This project will provide two new bridges across the Broad Run, one of the largest natural transportation obstacles in Loudoun County. The Pacific Boulevard extension will also complete one of the major pieces of the parallel road network to Route 28.

In effort to secure this funding from the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank York met with Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton, Senator Mark Herring, Delegates Joe May and Tag Greason, and representatives from Kincora in October of 2010.

York: "Because of the urgency of the traffic situation in eastern Loudoun, it was unacceptable to wait for Kincora’s proffers to build the roads, especially Gloucester, in eight or ten years. We worked together to find a solution to get this done much sooner."

The design for the project is expected to begin immediately, with the Gloucester Parkway extension opening as soon as 2014.

York: "This project significantly advances the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors’ goal to improve the transportation network in Loudoun. I would like to thank all the parties that have been involved, particularly Transportation Secretary Connaughton and the CTB for their hard work in making this a great day for Loudoun. I also want to thank Governor Bob McDonnell for his leadership in creating the Infrastructure Bank that made the funds available for these types of projects."