Alexandria Closes Southbound Holland Lane for Four Tree Plantings
City crews will excavate four median planting sites on weekdays between Jamieson Avenue and Eisenhower Avenue, detouring southbound traffic onto John Carlyle Street.
By Anthony Shevchenko ·
Southbound lanes on Holland Lane are closing for tree planting work.
The city said excavation for four median planting sites begins Monday and is expected to take four days, depending on weather. Southbound vehicle and bicycle lanes between Jamieson Avenue and Eisenhower Avenue will be closed on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with southbound traffic detoured through John Carlyle Street during those hours. Northbound traffic, the adjacent cycle track, sidewalk access and the Whole Foods Market are unaffected.
The planting work is the latest piece of a Holland Lane redesign the city began soliciting feedback on in 2024. The road previously carried four lanes; it now carries two, one in each direction. Construction crews added cycle tracks, new curb ramps, medians, flexible bollards, street signs, traffic signals, repaving and lane striping, completing the bulk of that work by the end of May. City officials said the changes were intended to make the corridor safer and more comfortable for all travelers.
Holland Lane runs from Duke Street to Eisenhower Avenue. City officials reported 13 crashes on that stretch between 2018 and 2024, six involving pedestrians. Preliminary state data shows no crash reports on Holland Lane for 2025 or through 2026.
Excavation for the four plantings is scheduled to finish by Thursday, weather permitting.
