Vienna, Falls Church Metro Stations to Temporarily Close Parking Lots

Come March 15, some or all of the parking options will be closed at three Metro stations in the Falls Church and Vienna area.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced on Friday that pre-construction ahead of summer work will impact parking at three Orange Line stations.

While the summer work on the Vienna, Dunn Loring, West Falls Church and East Falls Church stations doesn’t start until May, the parking changes are set to start on March 15.

“Due to the stations’ location and extreme space limitations, construction crews will need to utilize surface parking lots to stage heavy equipment and tons of material,” according to a press release from WMATA.

Here are the planned changes:

• surface parking lots at the East Falls Church, West Falls Church and Vienna stations will be closed for seven to nine months
• parking at the Dunn Loring station will not be impacted
• Kiss & Ride lot will remain open for pick-up and drop-off only at East Falls Church station
• West Falls Church station parking garage will remain open
• Vienna station Parking Lot 1 will be temporarily closed beginning March 15
• Vienna station’s parking garages and Parking Lot 3 will remain open.

The changes mean that parking won’t be available at the East Falls Church station.

Metro expects that the parking will fill up at the West Falls Church station before 7 a.m., according to the press release.

“Vehicles parked in closed lots after 12:01 a.m. on March 15, 2020, may be subject to towing,” the press release says.

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