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An 82% increase in estimated costs has led Falls Church officials to rethink plans to improve a key city byway.

As a result, it appears likely that transportation and stormwater improvements along Lincoln Avenue will be phased in over time.


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Arlington’s two Republican members of the Electoral Board appear at loggerheads over how long early-voting dropboxes should be available before Election Day.

Richard Samp, the senior Republican on the three-member panel and its vice chair, used the July 8 board meeting to press for a reduction from more than 40 days of use to just 10. Not everyone was in favor.


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Per-square-foot sales prices dropped but some other data points moved higher as the Arlington real-estate market closed out the first half of 2025.

The average per-square-foot sales price for homes that went to closing countywide in June was $482, according to statistical data reported July 10 by Bright MLS, the Mid-Atlantic’s multiple-listing service.


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Falls Church officials next week are expected to authorize requests for regional funds in support of two key transportation upgrades.

The proposals for Haycock Road and Annandale Road were discussed at the July 7 City Council work session, with formal action slated for Monday, July 14.


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Falls Church officials are considering whether to allow public safety aides to issue parking tickets, direct traffic and respond to abandoned vehicles.

Under current Falls Church city code, only sworn law enforcement officers have the ability to conduct parking and traffic control.


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A working group on affordable housing met last week to explore possible solutions to ever-spiraling costs for Arlington’s low- and moderate-income households.

Though the hour-long meeting on July 1 didn’t resolve any core issues, members suggested that pushing developers to provide more funding to the county’s Affordable Housing Investment Fund might be the best way to get more apartments built in Arlington.


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Arlington’s new School Board chair is promising to protect community values she sees as under threat from the state and federal governments.

Bethany Zecher Sutton’s colleagues unanimously selected her to chair the School Board at a meeting yesterday (Tuesday), replacing Chair Mary Kadera.


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For Arlington Democrats, the number to beat on Nov. 4 is 51,465.

That’s the difference between the number of votes cast in the county, in 2021, for Democrat Terry McAuliffe (73,013) over Republican Glenn Youngkin (21,548). McAuliffe lost that race, falling short by about 64,000 votes statewide.


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With the cost of a two-bedroom apartment above $3,000 for another month, Arlington rent continued a gradual upward trajectory in June.

The county’s median rent for an apartment was up 0.3% month-over-month, contributing to an increase of 3.6% since the start of the year and 2.6% year-over-year, according to data reported by Apartment List.


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Federal cuts to Medicaid and food-assistance programs are expected to place greater strain on Arlington’s most vulnerable residents and the social services that support them.

Arlington County officials, health-care workers and nonprofits are still scrambling to determine the local impacts of the new federal spending bill approved last week.


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A proposed 845-unit redevelopment project in Rosslyn has won the support of the Arlington Transportation Commission.

The commission voted 11-0 in support of the project on a 2.3-acre site at 1901 and 1911 Fort Myer Drive, near Gateway Park.


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Lower speed limits could be coming to some Arlington roads with high numbers of bicyclists.

A proposal going before the Arlington County Board on Saturday, July 19 would reduce speed limits on some designated “bicycle boulevards” from 25 mph to 20 mph.


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