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Fairfax County hosted the Hayfield Road Pipe Project ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 1, 2020, here is the Ribbon Cutting Brochure and the remarks I made at the event.  The pipe underneath Hayfield Road is now completed (ahead of schedule) and fully operational. The landscaping work (trees in the medians; replacements to install native plantings beyond the end of the pipe) and minor adjustments around the plunge pool will be completed this fall, probably in November. This $7 million project will benefit our Hayfield Farm community for the next 50-100 years. While it is infrastructure and largely hidden from view because the pipe is underground, it will serve us during every rain event. In addition the water flowing from this new pipe will be slowed down and filtered as it leaves Hayfield Farm and enters Huntley Meadows Park. The water quality will be improved over what it would have been without this new pipe. The new stormwater pipe under Hayfield Road is a major improvement to our community. The Hayfield Citizens Association, on behalf of our residents, expresses our sincere thanks to Fairfax County and all who worked on this project.  There is a video and a picture from the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Fairfax County website.  The picture (shown here on the right) is captioned on the website:  New conveyance system outfall, wing walls and plunge pool at the end of Hayfield Road near the Hayfield Swim Club. Fairfax County picture.

Contacts – Hayfield Farm residents may address any pipe project issues to Brendan Schillo, PE, Project Engineer, phone 703-659-7048, email Brendan.Schillo@fairfaxcounty.gov or to Dave Anglin, Section Chief, phone 703-324-5500, email Dave.Anglin@fairfaxcounty.gov.

References and Web Sites – For more information about this project, refer to the Hayfield Farm Website or the Fairfax County website.

At the HCA membership meeting on September 16, 2020, project manager Dave Anglin provided updates for the Hayfield Road Pipe Project. The pipe is installed and fully functional; that part of the project is complete. There is some work to be done this fall on the outfall, i.e., where the pipe “daylights” or empties into the plunge pool at the end of Hayfield Road. In addition the landscaping work will be done this fall. For details, please see the power-point that Dave provided.

You can see a recording of the entire HCA meeting, including Dave’s power point presentation. Click on this link  and provide the password:  j.!Epr9Z.

Dave Anglin and Brendan Schillo and staff have done a wonderful job in managing this complex project. Dave and Brendan will continue to be the contact points as they complete the work mentioned and through the one-year warranty period. If I can help with general stormwater questions, you may contact me, John Millikin, at John.Millikin@gmail.com or 703-971-5447.

If you have any questions about the pipe project work during the next year, please contact:

• Brendan Schillo, PE, Project Engineer, phone 703-659-7048, email Brendan.Schillo@fairfaxcounty.gov.
• Dave Anglin, Section Chief, phone 703-324-5500, email Dave.Anglin@fairfaxcounty.gov.
• Their website is fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes.
• The pipe project website is https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/stormwater/plans-projects/hayfield-road-pipe-conveyance-project.

Please join us for a ribbon cutting ceremony to recognize completing the project:

• Where: Hayfield Farm Swim Club parking lot
• When: Thursday Oct 1 at 4:45pm (rain date Oct 8)
• Board Chairman Jeff McKay, Lee District Supervisor Rodney Lusk and County Executive Bryan Hill are scheduled to join us.