Community Corner

A Day Later: Damage from 'Derecho'

Update (7:45 p.m.): Fairfax County sent out an alert that Chain Bridge Road is closed at Courthouse Road in Oakton because of downed limbs. Northbound traffic is detouring Courthouse Road to Sutton Road. Southbound traffic is being turned around.

Also, the Virginia Department of Transportation updated its listing of closed roads. Hunter Mill Road is closed from Silk Oak Drive to Tamarack Drive. All other information on road closings remains the same.

Dominion Virginia Power's interactive power outage map for Oakton remains the same as earlier this morning.

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Update (5:40 p.m.): The power outage numbers remain unchanged in Oakton, according to Dominion Virginia Power's interactive power outage map.

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Also, all four of the roads listed below (Fox Mill Road, Hunt Road, Hickory Hollow Lane and Lawyers Road) remain closed because of debris. One road in the Oakton area has been added to the list:

  • Silk Oak Drive, near the intersection with Hunter Mill Road. (north of Hunter Station Road)

Also, a reader has sent a note to Oakton Patch warning other drivers of an intersection a little outside of the Oakton borders, at West Ox Drive and Fair Lakes Drive, but worth noting: 

"The light at the intersection of West Ox Road and Fair Lakes Drive is out. All the other lights on West Ox are working and there is no warning, no flags, no one directing traffic," Sally Bruderle wrote. "It is dangerous if you are not aware that this is a four way stop situation."

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Last night's derecho has left about 3,593 Dominion Virginia Power customers in Oakton still without power as of 11:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the company's interactive power outage map.

In Fairfax County, about 232,875 customers are without power. 

The following roads in and around Oakton are closed because of damage, according to 511va.com.

  • Fox Mill Road, near Bennett Road
  • Hunt Road, at the intersection with Fox Mill Road
  • Hickory Hollow Lane, from Hickory Forest Drive to Hickory Hollow Lane's cul-de-sac
  • Lawyers Road, near Hunter Mill Road

Did we miss a road closing? Or are there other areas drivers should take caution? Leave a comment to help keep us informed. 

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