On July 11, 2024, the PHCA Board voted to formally re-establish the PHCA Pipeline Committee, with Scott Moore (currently the PHCA President) as its chair.
PHCA Pipeline Committee goals:
- Encourage local officials, VDOT, and Washington Gas to route the remainder of the Strip 1 Tysons project around Pimmit Hills instead of through it
- Work with local officials and VDOT to push for combining the remainder of the Washington Gas Strip 1 project with the planned redevelopment of Route 7.
- Inform Pimmit Hills residents about the burdens this project will impose on our neighborhood, both during construction and after, and the huge scale of this project compared to typical gas pipes under neighborhood streets
- Spread the word to other Fairfax Communities about the unprecedented nature of routing such a large, high-pressure pipeline through non-arterial neighborhood streets, and given Washington Gas's rationale presented in their Oct 2018 meeting, how this might be a template for doing the same in other Fairfax communities for future projects.
Membership on the committee is subject to board approval. If you are interested in serving on the committee, or would just like to learn more, please make sure your PHCA membership is current and email
Other things you can do
- Attend our July 23 community meeting: Dranesville Supervisor Jimmy Bierman, who has been a strong advocate for our community on this issue, will be at the meeting to talk about this issue and other issues that concern our neighborhood. Information on how to attend the meeting in person or via Zoom is on our homepage (scroll down to "Next Community Meeting").
- Please donate to this GoFundMe campaign: Stop the Pimmit Pipeline! (Appeal Process) Background: Four Pimmit HIlls residents brought an appeal before the Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals in Jan/Feb 2022, and won a decision mandating that Washington Gas apply for and receive a “special exception” permit from the Fairfax Board of Supervisors before proceeding with construction of the pipeline. Unfortunately, Washington Gas responded by suing the residents, the county, and the BZA to nullify the BZA decision, and were successful. The decision is being appealed. PHCA is helping the residents fund legal fees through this agreement approved by the community in July 2023.
- Please see our article PHCA and Wheeler Team Referral Agreement for Pipeline Legal Fund Donations for how you can help support the pipeline legal fund through real estate referrals to the Wheeler Team (longtime Pimmit residents Jamie and Linda Wheeler)
