Lorton, Va. –– A new Metro bus lot will be built in Lorton.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors this week approved a new bus storage facility on Cinderbed Road at the intersection of Newington Road.
The site is in an industrial area and was once home to a concrete plant.
The new facility will replace a 65-year-old Metrobus storage garage in Old Town Alexandria, reports the Alexandria Gazette Packet.
The site will accommodate 160 buses, parking for 300 Metro employees and a natural gas refueling station.
Bus drivers exiting and entering the facility would mostly use streets in the Lorton area to get where they are going.
Nearby the site is the Lorton branch of the DMV and a warehouse for potato chip maker Frito Lay.
