Prior to midnight Monday, September 19 comment deadline, twelve non-profit organizations submitted a joint letter urging the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to reject its proposed $76 Billion TransAction 2045 long-range transportation plan.
In our view, TransAction is unaffordable and ineffective and takes the region in the wrong direction. It represents a stapling together of local wishlists and not the results of a bottom-up alternatives analysis.
(InsideNova) — The town of Quantico claims its former police chief was fired for not following an improvement plan rather than for enforcing state-mandated COVID-19 safety measures.
On Tuesday, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) is joining the Prince William County Department of Transportation to celebrate the start of construction on the Prince William Parkway and University Boulevard Intersection Improvements Project.
The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission will fund the regionally significant project with a total investment of nearly $24 million.
(Virginia Mercury) — After past redistricting cycles, the number of Virginia General Assembly members having to switch districts was kept to a minimum because legislators were allowed to draw careful lines around each other’s homes to avoid doing damage to incumbents.
Interstate 95 travelers can expect overnight delays over the next two weeks in the Fredericksburg area for bridge work as part of the 95 E-ZPass Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.
Next week, crews will begin to lift and install bridge beams for a replacement American Legion Road overpass. This overpass is at mile marker 138 in Stafford County, which is between exit 140 (Courthouse Road) and exit 136 (Centreport Parkway).
Sexual Assault Investigation at Woodbridge Walmart
On Monday, September 19, at 7:25 p.m., officers responded to the Walmart located at 14000 Worth Avenue in Woodbridge to investigate an assault.
Hermione Isobel “Pat” Mickle of Woodbridge and Gainesville passed away peacefully with a smile on Sunday, September 18, 2022.
Hermione chose the nickname Patsy while growing up and was lovingly renamed Pat by her late husband Edward “Ed” during their courtship in Europe.
(Free Lance-Star) — After years of delays and a legal battle that ended up costing Stafford County hundreds of thousands of dollars, work has started on a new Muslim cemetery in North Stafford.
A second suspect in a Woodbridge double murder is in custody thanks to the late-night work of the Prince William County Police SWAT team.
On Monday, September 19, detectives arrested second teenager police said was present during the shooting deaths of the two victims, who were slayed inside of an apartment in the block of Mary’s Way in Woodbridge on May 15.
