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Originals

Neabsco Creek channel reopens after $1 million dredging project

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — The Neabsco Creek channel is open for business once again following the completion of a $1 million effort to dredge the waterway.

Navigational beacons once again greet boaters at the mouth of the Neabsco Creek, where it meets the Potomac River at Leesylvania State Park.

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Following teen’s death, safety improvements underway on Poplar Road

By Uriah Kiser

STAFFORD COUNTY — A sharp curve on Popular Hill Road, near where a 16-year-old high school student was involved in a crash and later died, is being straightened.

Mountain View High School Student Kyle Morgan, 16, was killed in March 2018 when the Hyundai Accent he was riding in collided head-on with a large SUV. He suffered head trauma and injuries to his lower body.

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Originals

Candland warns of inevitable tax increase with $600 million parks, roads bonds

By Uriah Kiser
Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The officials who’ve returned our requests for comment on a plan to float $600 million bonds for parks and roads are wary of increased taxes to pay for it.

Prince William County Occoquan District Supervisor Ruth Anderson said she wants a bond referendum to go to voters on the ballot in November in two parts: roads (up to $400 million and up to $200 million for parks).

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Originals

Conservationists hope Tough Mudder Classic is last event at Silver Lake

By Uriah Kiser

HAYMARKET — When it was announced last year that Tough Mudder Classic was coming to Prince William County, it was heralded as a win for sports tourism.

The popular 10-mile obstacle course run will take place this weekend at Silver Lake Regional Park in near Haymarket. It’s expected to attract hundreds of participants, dubbed “mudders,” and generate up to $2.5 million in consumer spending in Prince William County — mostly through people booking hotel rooms, shopping in area stores, and eating in area restaurants.

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Prince William

Proposed roads bond projects favored over park plans in Occoquan District

By Uriah Kiser
Anderson

LAKE RIDGE — What’s being billed as a “parks and roads” bond are two very different animals. And Prince William County leaders are expected to treat them that way.

There are $200 million in new parks projects that are being reviewed that could be built in Prince William. And, there’s $512.5 million in proposed transportation projects. The majority of them would be funded by a $400 million roads bond, while the rest of the funds would need to be cobbled together from state and federal sources.

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Originals

$84 million indoor sports complex dubbed ‘mac daddy’ of Prince William bond projects

By Uriah Kiser

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Prince William County officials are debating whether or not to allow voters to decide on allow them to borrow $600 million for new parks and roads projects.

A total of $200,000 would be used for parks and $400,000 for roads.

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Trash service stinks in Prince William, Manassas after missed pickups

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — A good labor market has to lead to bad service when it comes to hauling away trash from homes and businesses.

Since February, Prince William County’s Solid Waste Division has received 20 reports of missed collection by American Disposal for trash and recycling pickups from residents in the Manassas area, Woodbridge, Nokesville, and Gainesville.

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