Thursday, October 26, 2006; Article Link
Fairfax County officials have selected a team of consultants led by PB PlaceMaking to assist the Tysons Land Use Task Force in coordinating community participation and recommending changes to the master plan to include four planned Metro stations.
In a news release, county officials said the PB PlaceMaking team will provide "a strong local presence and a deep familiarity with transit-oriented development in the Washington region and an understanding of Tysons Corner."
The team also includes University of California professor Robert Cervero, McLarland Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Bay Area Economics and Placeways LLC. This group of national and international experts brings extensive experience in integrating transportation and land use, the news release said.
PB PlaceMaking is a subsidiary of Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc.
Task force members and county staff members selected the urban design team from among 10 proposals. The contract is valued at $894,000 plus optional tasks not to exceed $106,000. PB PlaceMaking will begin its support of the task force next month, according to the news release.
The selection is the next step in the process of updating the Tysons Corner portion of the county's master plan, which is the county's guidebook for land use and development, according to the news release.
The task force's planning principles, meeting schedules, presentations and other resources can be found at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/tysonscorner . To sign up for e-mail or printed mail updates, visit the Web site, call 703-324-1344 TTY 711 or e-mail tysonscornerspecialstudy@fairfaxcounty.gov .
STEPHEN C. FEHR
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