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I-95 E-ZPass lanes extension to Fredericksburg delayed 1 year

Construction crews work to demolish and replace the American Legion Road bridge over I-95 near Stafford Regional Airport on April 14, 2022 [Photo: VDOT]
Drivers will have to wait about a year longer for E-ZPass Express Lanse to Fredericksburg.

Transurban, operator of E-ZPass Express Lanes on Interstates 495, 95, and 395, on Monday, May 2, announced a revised opening date of late 2023 for the Fredericksburg extension of the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes from North Stafford south to the Rappahannock River, known internally the as Fred Ex project.

Supply chain issues and Potomac Formation soils (Light-gray to pinkish- and greenish-gray quartzo-feldspathic sand found in Virginia from Fairfax to Richmond) have caused problems for construction crews.

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