Fairfax County Police Initiative Nets 30 Motorist, Pedestrian Offenders

Since beefing up their near the Dunn Loring Metro station in Merrifield on Gallows Road on June 4, Fairfax County police have handed out 30 tickets carrying $250 fines a piece.

Lucy Caldwell, a police spokeswoman, said the tickets were handed out to motorists who failed to yield to pedestrians and pedestrians who failed to cross the busy intersection in the crosswalk.

“Since the beginning of the initiative, we’ve issued 468 warnings,” Caldwell said. “These have been both verbal, as well as handing out pedestrian safety brochures to walkers.”

Caldwell said pedestrians are asked to veer in a slightly different route towards a crosswalk, which may take approximately three minutes longer to walk. The change in the cross pattern is due to construction around the Metro station.

Construction around the Metro station is expected to continue through the next four years.