May 2025: The developer is making further changes to this project- please stay up to date via MIDCO's website.

January 8, 2023:

A builder wants to purchase 100+ acres of land at Prince William Parkway (PWP) and Liberia Avenue (the Kline Farm). Their plan is to build 240 townhomes with a maximum height of 45 feet (on lots as small as 16ft wide) and over 138,000 sqft of storage and retail space that will require significant modification to the land's Prince William County (PWC) zoning, which currently only allows for homes to be built on 10 acre lots. The builder wants to incorporate commercial space to potentially include a CVS and other retailers, a day care, fast-food drive-thru, and a self-storage facility (across the PWP, bordering Lake Jackson Drive).

The builder would leave 45 acres bordering Buckhall Road undeveloped with this application- it is unclear if this will be designated permanently as parks and open space and/or a school site, or if the door would remain open for alternative development in the future. The exact fate of these 45 acres is not set in stone, and the funding source of any additional development is unclear.

This plan causes numerous concerns:

- To those of us who live here, it is irrefutable that the surrounding roads simply cannot handle the additional automobile traffic that these homes will produce (estimate: ~4,800 weekday trips per day- prior to development of the 45 acres). The builder has proposed to make bordering roadway improvements, however, many of us are concerned about the safety issues this raises for cars and pedestrians. Additionally, it does not address other significantly impacted roads: Other portions of Liberia Ave., Route 28, Wellington Road, Yates Ford Road, Davis Ford Road, Old Bridge Road, Prince William Parkway, and the town of Clifton.

- It will significantly change the rural landscape of this section of PWC; their plans do not fit in with the immediately surrounding community. This project is a slippery slope. In addition to the many homes that would be built on little to no lots, there are already plenty of businesses on Liberia Avenue and Wellington Road- more of the same is not needed.

- Nearby residents are concerned about potential impacts on their well water.

- Home values: Many are concerned that increased housing options in this area will reduce demand and drive home values down.

- Schools: While the school board has changed its previous opposition to this project, many residents remain concerned about school overcrowding.

- Will local response teams (firefighters, police, ambulances) truly be prepared to handle the large number of additional residents, and at this building height?

- What environmental impacts might a plan of this magnitude impose? Not only the construction impacts and well water concerns, but what about our air quality with significantly more vehicle trips per day, and negative impacts on the Occoquan Watershed?

- If the county's Comprehensive Plan would allow for such development (and more), then the plan is not reflective of what the county's residents desire and should be amended rather than relied upon for making this decision.

While the builder has tried to offer reassurance on many of the items of concern above, residents remain highly concerned. It seems inevitable that something will eventually be built on this land: We would ask that the zoning either remain the same, or be modified to accommodate 1-5 acre residential lots on the entire 100+ acres.

If the builder’s plan does not align with your future vision of this section of PWC, please get involved in one or more ways:

1. Attend the Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) public hearing and speak out on January 17, 2023 at 7:30pm, 1 County Complex Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192. Attending this hearing is the most impactful way our community can stop the over-development of this land.

2. Email the BOCS with your perspective (addresses below). 

3. Sign this petition and have your concerned friends and family sign, too. 

Here is our chance to stop this plan from going forward: many of us will feel regret for not acting if we see bulldozers plowing through that land, watch hundreds of townhomes and hundreds of thousands of square feet of needless retail space being constructed, and find ourselves enduring further congestion on our already overly burdened roads. Thank you in advance for your support.

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For more information: 

https://egcss.pwcgov.org/SelfService#/plan/9d77f6e2-9f76-412b-9011-b063551ea789?tab=attachments

https://www.midcopw.net/kline-property.html

https://greenrisks.blogspot.com/2017/11/environment-impacts-from-kline-farm.html

https://www.insidenova.com/news/prince_william/prince-william-planners-approve-92-acre-kline-development/article_b0bb27ce-0c19-11ea-b29c-03299bbd3798.html

Planning Commissioners’ Email: ClerkPC@pwcgov.org; planningwoodbridge@gmail.com; jmcpwccommission@gmail.com; colesplanning@gmail.com; planningatlarge@gmail.com; tom@tomgordy.com; riccar1110@aol.com; neabscoplanning@gmail.com; occoquanplanning@gmail.com

Board of County Supervisors Email: bocs@pwcgov.org; chair@pwcgov.org; vsangry@pwcgov.org; jlawson@pwcgov.org; yvega@pwcgov.org; gainesville@pwcgov.org; kboddye@pwcgov.org; PotomacDistrict@pwcgov.org; mfranklin@pwcgov.org

County Planners Emails: SMeyer@pwcgov.org; RHorner@pwcgov.org

Petition Organizer Email: KlineFarmPetition@gmail.com (please reach out if you would like to volunteer, donate, lend your talents, or otherwise support this grassroots effort!)

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