Future of U.S. 1 topic of two public meetings this week
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Officials that want to improve U.S. 1 will hold public meetings this week to show what they plan to do.
First up is a meeting about widening the highway in the gap between Prince William and Stafford counties – linking Triangle and Stafford County’s Boswell’s Corner areas, as well as both the main and back gates of Quantico Marine Corps Base.
Since the relocation of more than 6,000 federal workers to Quantico as part of BRAC, traffic volumes during peak periods have increased on U.S. 1 at Boswell’s Corner.
During Tuesday’s meeting, federal and local officials are seeking feedback on what to do along this stretch roadway. Specifically, at Russell Road and U.S. 1 where drivers access Quantico’s back gate, three improvements have been proposed:
1. Place two signal lights on Russell Road – one where traffic accesses southbound U.S. 1 and the other near the gate where traffic accesses northbound U.S. 1.
2. Construct a cloverleaf interchange at U.S. 1 and Russell Road
3. Construct a half cloverleaf on the northbound side of U.S. 1 and place a signal light on Russell Road where drivers access southbound U.S. 1.
This third and final public meeting on this project comes after officials conducted a wide-ranging study on how to improve the corridor, which is becoming more populated with military, federal workers, and contractors who have relocated to the Quantico Corporate Center at Boswell’s Corner.
The meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hilldrup Moving and Storage on 4022 Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) in North Stafford.
Improvements are also planned for U.S. 1 in Dumfries, specifically improvements at the busy intersection of U.S. 1, Curtis Drive, and Graham Park Road, will mean more turn lanes, a new northbound lane, and sidewalk improvements.
More in a statement from Dumfries’ Public Works Department:
The project elements include:
• An additional turn lane on Graham Park Road between Fraley Boulevard and Main Street
• An additional left turn lane on southbound Main Street
• Creation of a northbound lane on Main Street from Tebbs Lane to Curtis Drive/Graham Park Road
• Sidewalks and improved crosswalks
• Replacing the traffic signals at Graham Park Road/Curtis Drive and Main Street and Fraley Boulevard/Graham Park Road.
That northbound lane on Main Street, from Trebbs Lane to Graham Park Road, will mean the widening of U.S. 1 south (Main Street) from two to three lanes in. Once complete, it’ll mirror the southbound portion of U.S. 1 that runs in front of Town Hall, with two southbound lanes and one lane headed north.
