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Protecting Gainesville Means Saying No To Roads For Developers

As your candidate for Gainesville District Supervisor, I will fight against the Bi-County Pkwy and roads for developers. I will put residents first.

Our community has fought for decades to preserve what makes the Gainesville District special: its open spaces, its history, and the right to shape its own future. As your candidate for Supervisor, I’m running to protect Gainesville—and that means standing firmly against building roads for developers.

One of the greatest threats to our district today is a plan that’s been rebranded too many times to count: the Bi-County Parkway, the “North-South Corridor,” the Outer Beltway. Different names, same harmful idea—a major highway cutting through our rural areas to open up freight and speculative development. This road would funnel traffic from I-95 and I-66 straight into our backyards, quadruple congestion through north-south corridors, and destroy the very character of western Prince William County.

Let’s be clear: this road is not for residents. It’s not about solving your daily commute. It’s about unlocking land for developers—at your expense.

My opponent recently gave an interview in which he confirmed what many of us had feared: he supports building this freight corridor and inviting exactly the kind of sprawl that our community has fought against for years. That position couldn’t be more out of step with the people of Gainesville. I suspect he’ll walk it back when he hears from you—but the fact that he said it at all shows a fundamental disconnect from the values and history of our district.

We’ve been here before. Every time this proposal arises, the community rallies and defeats it. However, it keeps resurfacing because special interests continue to push for its passage. This time, we need to send a louder message: No more roads for developers. No more backdoor sprawl. No more selling out Gainesville.

As your Supervisor, I will:

  • Oppose the Bi-County Parkway and any effort to turn our district into a freight bypass.
  • Protect the Rural Crescent and the Battlefield corridor from speculative rezonings.
  • Support infrastructure investments that serve existing neighborhoods—not future sprawl.
  • Prioritize east-west congestion relief and safe, targeted improvements that reflect how we actually live, work, and drive.

This election is about choices—and clarity. I won’t hedge or equivocate. My opponent made his position known. It seems eerily similar to former BOCS Chair Ann Wheeler’s willingness to bypass citizens and prioritize developers. Now it’s your turn to make your voice heard.

If you believe, like I do, that Gainesville should be protected—not paved over—then I hope to earn your vote.

Let’s put residents before developers. Let’s protect what matters.

Patrick Harders

Patrick Harders