Meeting Set for Seminary, Quaker Intersection Changes

A community meeting is scheduled for Wednesday on the future of the intersection of Seminary Road and North Quaker Lane.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the parish hall of the Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary Road.

Bob Garbacz with the Alexandria Department of Transportation and Environmental Services told Seminary Hill Association members in March about the possibility of making the right lane on eastbound Seminary Road a right-turn lane only. Community members didn’t like that idea, saying they were fearful a constant stream of cars turning right onto North Quaker Lane would inhibit pedestrian traffic and make it more difficult for people who live on North Quaker Lane to turn out of their driveways.

They also raised concerns that the intersection backups would create a situation similar to the backup to Telegraph Road on eastbound Duke Street.

Interested residents are invited to the meeting to continue the discussion of the problems and possible solutions to traffic—vehicular and pedestrian—on North Quaker Lane.