Ribbon Cutting on Sept. 3 Signals Completion of Battlefield Parkway

The Virginia Department of Transportation will celebrate the completion of the $35 million extension of the Battlefield Parkway from Kincaid Boulevard to Route 7 in the Town of Leesburg with a ribbon-cutting next Thursday, Sept. 3, at 10 a.m.

This new, four-lane road is just under a mile long, and provides motorists an alternate option to Route 15 and the Route 15 Bypass for accessing the Dulles Greenway and Leesburg Executive Airport.

Virginia Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer, Senator Mark Herring, Leesburg Mayor Kristen Umstattd and Loudoun County Supervisor Kelly Burk are among the dignataries expected at the event.

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