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From the scene: Oxygen truck overturns closing Route 234 for hours Friday afternoon

By Uriah Kiser

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A sedan collided with a truck carrying oxygen about 2 p.m. causing the truck to overturn and a major road closure. 

It happened at the intersection of Route 234 and Pinnacle Ridge Drive, south of Lake Jackson and north of Purcell Road in Prince William County. 

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Untangling a traffic headache: A new signal, intersection, and street on Route 1

By Uriah Kiser

STAFFORD — There is a plan for a new, nearly $9 million signal light, intersection, and street in North Stafford. 

The signal light will be erected on Route 1 between Woodstock Lane and Telegraph Road, at a crucifix noting the site of Virginia’s first Catholic settlement. 

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More than a year later, still no posted toll lanes travel times

By Uriah Kiser

It’s been more than a year since Virginia State Senator Jeremy McPike was promised a review of what it would take to add estimated travel times to toll lanes on Northern Virginia’s highways.

So far, estimated toll lanes travel times have been added to only one sign — an electronic message board erected over Prince William Parkway just before Old Bridge Road — as part of a test project.

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Exclusive: After a nearly 4-year delay, Potomac Shores will get its VRE station 

By Uriah Kiser
A rendering of the planned Potomac Shores VRE station near Woodbridge.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Four years after the groundbreaking, developers are ready to begin work on a new Virginia Railway Express station at Potomac Shores. 

The $20 million station is considered to be the transportation centerpiece of the transit-oriented, mixed-use community nestled on the Potomac River near Dumfries. 

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This housing project long proposed for Prince William County’s rural area continues to put leaders at odds

By Uriah Kiser

LAKE RIDGE — The Woodbridge District Supervisor on Monday night expressed shock that a proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan didn’t pass — one that could pave the way for up to 130 new homes. 

He said the proposal would have easily won five of the eight votes needed from members of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. Probably not his, however. 

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With $140,000 on the line, county must review contract after police station opening delayed

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William County Police Department Central District Station [Photo: Potomac Local News]

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The opening of the Charlie T. Deane Police Station is behind by about three months.

The new station located at 5000 Davis Ford Road adjacent to McCoart Government Center building was due to open November 24, 2017.

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Fixing Old Bridge Road: Straightening those dangerous s-curves

By Uriah Kiser

LAKE RIDGE — A recently-completed study of the Old Bridge Road corridor suggests straightening and widening of some of the road’s most problematic stretches.

The study calls for removing a partial s-curve at the busy intersection of Old Bridge and Occoquan roads. That intersection has seen 31 crashes with 22 injuries between 2014 and 2017.

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Virginia Association of Police Chiefs: Stewart’s armed guards in school plan not a good idea

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart called for armed retired police officers to serve in county schools to protect students. 

I contaceted Virginia Association of Police Chief’s Executive Director Dana Schrad. 

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