Residents ask Leesburg commission to limit parking permits and consider traffic signal at Meadows Lane and Fort Evans

Representatives of the Loudoun Hills Community Association asked the Residential Traffic Commission to consider three related requests: limiting the number of parking permits issued to Meadows Lane Northeast residents, expanding Parking Zone 14 to a section of Fort Evans Road Northeast and evaluating the installation of a traffic signal at the Fort Evans/Meadows Lane intersection.

"My name is Lisa. I'm with Cardinal Management Group. I'm with the board treasurer of Loudoun Hills Community Association," said Lisa, who represented residents during public comment. She told commissioners that on-street parking near the neighborhood entrance and vehicles parked near the intersection create restricted sight lines for drivers exiting the neighborhood. Lisa asked the commission to add the Fort Evans segment into Parking Zone 14 and to place the traffic-signal request on an upcoming agenda for formal evaluation.

Staff responded that parking and permit requests would be handled at the staff level and that the private-signal request would be evaluated as an agenda item at a future meeting; staff noted that the town attorney was reviewing petition language. Staff also flagged that the narrowness of the street and parked work trucks exacerbate sight-line issues, and commissioners asked staff to consider school-bus queuing and other peak-period impacts during an evaluation.

Ending: Staff said parking-permit and zone-change items would proceed through normal staff review and advised the association to supply the petition in writing to the commission record; the private-signal request will be scheduled for formal evaluation at a future meeting.