Stafford County, Va. –– Virginia Railway Express wants to expand two parking lots at stations in Stafford County.
The commuter railroad on Friday will seek approval from its operations board to expand parking lots at the Brooke and Leeland Road stations, as crowding conditions over the years have put parking spaces as a premium.
A total of 232 parking spaces would be added to at the Brooke station, where commuters have long been forced to park their cars along embankments and outside of designated parking spaces prior to boarding trains.
Last year, the railroad began design on an expanded parking lot there and is ready award a contract for the work, according to documents from the railroad.
At Leeland Road, it’s much the same story, although only 192 additional spaces will be added to that lot.
Construction will be funded by federal money and Stafford County will not be required to match any funding, according to VRE documents.
