I noticed lot of new anticipated transportation projects have quietly recently begun in the Neabsco/Potomac Mills area while driving around the area.
A couple months ago, Opitz Boulevard was narrowed down to one lane westbound across I-95 to prepare for the addition of a sidewalk along that side as well as the southbound-facing 95 Express Lanes ramp. Adjacent to the Optiz Boulevard project is the tree-clearing on the site of the Potomac Mills commuter garage. Both projects (technically part of one megaproject) will improve multi-modal access to the Potomac Mills mall, the Stonebridge mixed-use neighborhood, and the area as a whole. Now if only they'd add more sidewalks, crosswalks, and traffic signals in the Potomac Mills complex to compliment this and make it easier to actually navigate the area by foot once you're there...
Furthermore, near the Northern Virginia Community College, tree clearing and utility work preparing for the widening and addition of pedestrian/cyclist paths for Neabsco Mills Road has picked up. This is particularly exciting for me because it will remove the point where cars that want to continue south on the road, but are in the right lane, won't jump out of the turn-only lane into the college into the travel lane at the last second, cutting everyone off.