Who is Washington Gas?
Washington Gas is a regulated natural gas utility providing affordable, reliable, and safe natural gas service to more than 1.2 million customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The company has been providing energy to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the area for more than 175 years.
What is the Strip 1 Tysons Project?
Washington Gas is constructing new infrastructure to improve the delivery, safety and reliability of natural gas service in Fairfax County and the entire Washington Gas service area. In 2012, we began working to upgrade the infrastructure in the Tysons area. We started at Tyco Road, crossed the Capital Beltway and now we are connecting the infrastructure to a new regulator station at the Pimmit Hills Center located at 7510 Lisle Avenue in Falls Church. The entire project spans approximately five miles in length, mostly within public right-of-ways. This project is a priority since this portion of the system in the area is one of our oldest, installed in 1948.
Where is the area that needs to be completed?
The construction will be occurring on segments of Magarity Road, Peabody Road, Lisle Avenue, and the Pimmit Hills Center located at 7510 Lisle Avenue in Falls Church. A regulator station will be installed at the Pimmit Hills Center.
What are the hours of construction?
Construction and staging will typically begin at 9:00 a.m. and run until 3:30 p.m. from Monday through Thursday and between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Friday. If there is an occasional need for work on a Saturday, residents along the route will be notified in advance.
What is Washington Gas doing to work with the community during construction?
We are taking a number of steps to work with the community including:
- Utilizing a full-time Community Outreach Team to work with the Pimmit Hills neighborhood;
- Accelerating operations whenever possible to reduce the length of construction;
- Constructing in stages (by block) whenever possible to reduce traffic impacts;
- Condensing work hours to avoid high commuter times, including school traffic; and
- Paving affected streets when construction is complete.
If I live along the construction route, what can I expect?
For residents along the construction route, the Project Manager and Community Outreach Team will regularly communicate with residents, businesses, and area schools. We will provide information by visiting door to door, sending mailings, and hosting block meetings before construction with the residents on the streets where work will be proceeding.
How can I keep informed about the project?
It is important that you sign up on this website to receive email updates and advisories.
The Construction and Community Outreach teams will be providing new and current advisories regularly. By joining the Information Network, you will receive information regarding the project that may be important to you. Your name will not be shared and only used for update purposes on the operations of the project.
You can sign up by visiting https://www.wgstrip1tysons.com/join-info-network/
Last Updated 3/6/2026