Update
The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Falmouth intersection will have to wait, according to a statement from the Virginia Department of Transportation:
Due to heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, and preparations for the potential landfall of Hurricane Joaquin, the Falmouth Intersection Improvement Project Ribbon-Cutting event scheduled for Thursday, October 1 has been canceled.
We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
Original post
The Falmouth Intersection Improvement Project is complete.
Stafford County officials will cut the ribbon the $22 million project. The intersection was widened to make room for new turn lanes and through lanes. New sidewalks were added, as well as new traffic signal equipment.
Emergency vehicles will now be able to pass through the intersection more quickly now, according to a press release from the Virginia Department of Transportation.
The intersection is where Routes 1, 17, and 218 meet just north of Fredericksburg in Falmouth. The intersection, for years, has been plagued by traffic backups at a signal light at the intersection.
Traffic is known to back up regularly at the intersection during times of heavy traffic on adjacent Interstate 95.
There was a talk of building a bypass around the intersection, just north of Falmouth in 2008, but the project never materialized.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday. The new intersection officially opens to traffic Wednesday, Sept. 30.
New landscaping will be installed at the intersection between October 15 and December 1 “when temperatures are cooler and ideal for planting,” according to VDOT.
