County hopes new sign campaign will energize Richmond Highway

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A Fairfax County economic development group hopes to install dozens of signs along Richmond Highway in the hopes of guiding visitors to commercial and historic areas, the latest move in a mission to revitalize the aging seven-mile corridor.

The Southeast Fairfax Development Corp.’s “wayfinding program,” part of a Virginia Department of Transportation pilot, could cost as much as $1 million to erect 145 signs, Executive Director Lara Fritts said.

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