PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The Prince William County Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on the design of the proposed project to widen Balls Ford Road to four lanes between Doane Drive and Ashton Avenue.
The public hearing will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at The Life Church, 11234 Balls Ford Road. The formal presentation will start at 7:00 p.m.
MANASSAS — Realtors on Friday helped to answer the call to serve the homeless in our community.
SERVE, which offers assistance in the form of food and shelter for those in need in Manassas, was in need of pillows.
Showers likely before 11 am, then a chance of showers after 2 pm.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Police tell us they took nine trucks off the highways after a recent pop-up inspection at Balls Ford Road and Sudley Road.
Balls Ford Road is the most congested industrial corridor in the county.
Work continues on the effort to bring toll lanes to Interstate 66 between Haymarket and the Capital Beltway.
As weather conditions allow, crews will continue corridor-wide roadway maintenance and address issues as needed, with daily multi-lane closures during daytime and overnight hours on Interstate 66 east and east, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
ALEXANDRIA — (Press release) Positive train control (PTC) is fully operational on all Virginia Railway Express (VRE) trains, according to the railroad’s Chief Executive Officer Doug Allen.
The safety milestone was achieved April 11, 2019, when each of VRE’s 32 inbound and outbound trains on the Fredericksburg and Manassas lines ran under PTC operation. PTC is designed to automatically control train speeds and movements should an engineer not take suitable action for a given situation.
STAFFORD COUNTY — All lanes of Interstate 95 northbound are closed in Stafford County at mile marker 147, just south of Exit 148/Quantico Marine Corps Base, for a multi-vehicle crash.
Drivers should anticipate significant northbound travel delays and are advised to seek alternate routes.
STAFFORD — The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about people who pose as members of law enforcement, reputable businesses leaders, or other entities in an attempt to steal money by asking victims for payment in the form of gift cards.
In one case, a Stafford resident reported receiving a call from an individual claiming to be from the DEA. The individual told the victim that her social security number had been linked to a drug trafficking incident in Texas and that she needed to put money into a “safe card” to protect herself, according to a sheriff’s office spokeswoman.
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WOODBRIDGE — Three parks in Woodbridge will be combined into one following the opening of a new $4 million boardwalk.
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