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Plan or program · on the record since 2025 · discussed in 2 transcribed meetings

Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Concession Funding

The Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Concession Funding item concerns a proposed $4.6 million supplemental appropriation for the George Snyder Trail, drawn from the Transform 66 concessionaire balance entry account held at VDOT.

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The George Snyder Trail was a planned shared-use trail project (VDOT UPC 112816) in the City of Fairfax intended to improve multimodal connectivity. The project drew sustained and significant public opposition throughout 2025 and into 2026.

  • Dec 9, 2025City Council · item 6i
    Introduction of a grant supplemental appropriation resolution in the amount of $4,600,000 for Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Concession Funding for the George Snyder Trail

    The City requested and received NVTA recommendation for an additional $4.6 million from the Transform 66 concessionaire balance entry account at VDOT; final CTB approval is scheduled for January 6, 2026.

    passedIntroduce the supplemental appropriation resolution of $4,600,000 from Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Concession Funding for the George Snyder Trail, waive the first reading, and set the public hearing for January 13, 2026.
    ✓ Amos✓ Bates– Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ McQuillen✕ Peterson
    Watch this momentminutesagenda
  • Jan 13, 2026City Council · item 7e
    Public Hearing and Council Action on a Grant Supplemental Appropriation Resolution – $4,600,000 from Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Concession Funding for the George Snyder Trail

    The resolution to appropriate an additional $4.6 million in Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Concession Funding for the George Snyder Trail failed by a 3-3 vote.

    failedApprove the supplemental appropriation resolution in the amount of $4,600,000 from Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Concession Funding for the George Snyder Trail
    ✓ Amos✓ Bates✕ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ McQuillen✕ Peterson
    minutesagenda

In full

The City requested and received a Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) recommendation for the additional funds, with final Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) approval scheduled for January 6, 2026. On December 9, 2025, the City Council voted 3-2-1 to introduce the supplemental appropriation resolution, waive the first reading, and set a public hearing for January 13, 2026 — with McQuillen and Peterson opposed and Hall abstaining. At the January 13, 2026 public hearing, the resolution came to a final vote and failed 3-3, with Amos, Bates, and Hardy-Chandler in favor and Hall, McQuillen, and Peterson opposed, leaving the $4.6 million appropriation unapproved.