Tomorrow will be the last day for commuters to park in a temporary overflow lot near the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU station in Fairfax County, Va. 

 

            The 680-space lot will close at 3 a.m. Saturday due to the expiration of the zoning permit and lease for the privately owned lot.

 

            Metro currently offers 5,849 parking spaces at five lots or garages at the station, which serve nearly 13,000 riders on an average weekday. 

 

            Alternative parking will be available at nine Fairfax County park-and-ride lots, and commuters can take Fairfax Connector or Metrobuses to the Vienna station.

           

            Metro received permission several years ago to open a temporary lot on private property for Metrorail customers displaced during the 2000-2001 construction of a park-and-ride garage. The lot closed when the garage opened, but Fairfax County allowed Metro to temporarily reopen it in November 2001 due to high transit demand following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The agreement expires Sunday. The property on which the lot is located has been sold and incorporated into a private development.

 

            Fairfax County is proposing to build a 2,100-space parking garage on an existing lot near the station. If approved, construction could begin in summer 2007 and be complete in early 2009, bringing the total number of parking spaces at the station to more than 6,600.

 

            Signs announcing the closing of the temporary lot have been posted at the lot and brochures listing alternative parking sites with connecting bus information have been available in the rail station. Customers also can find the information on-line at www.wmata.com/about/expansion/ViennaAccessProgram.cfm or

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/parkride.htm or call Metro at 202-637-7000.

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