Virginia transportation officials have been studying the entire 179-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia, looking for ways to ease the highway’s notorious congestion.
And, for the crowd that refuses to get to work any other way but driving alone, adding another lane to the highway would costly, and would do little to relieve congestion.
Residents filled the Prince William County Government Center on Tuesday night to oppose any new sewer lines in the Rural Crescent, an area of land between Quantico Marine Corps Base and Manassas National Battlefield.
Why it matters: The county’s planning department suggests running lines to the area where they banned today.
The projects in the school division’s capital improvement plan include a new high sixth school, a new elementary school, renovations for both Hartwood Elementary and Drew Middle schools.
Why it matters: The current CIP wishlist exceeds the county’s current level of debt affordability.
Cell phone video posted to social media shows a woman accosting Vega at a community festival on Saturday at the Muslim Association of Virginia Community Center on Hoadly Road in Woodbridge.
The woman on the video who accosted Vega identified herself as being associated with CASA in Action, an organization that bills itself as the largest group of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic advocating for the rights of immigrants.
The Board of Supervisors is urging the Virginia Department of Transportation to include a pedestrian path underneath a new bridge built to carry Interstate 95 traffic over Route 17.
Why it matters: A pedestrian path would allow people who live across the six-lane Route 17 to walk from their neighborhood in Olde Forge across the road to a shopping center anchored by a Target Store.
The City of Manassas Parks, Culture and Recreation Department will hold a community meeting on October 26 to determine the future of Annaburg Manor.
Why it matters: The city purchased the nearly four-acre property from the Prince William Hospital Corporation in July for $846,000.
The Ruth Anderson and Victor Angry, the Occoquan and Neabsco District Supervisors on the Board of County Supervisors, respectively, ordered County Executive Christopher Martino to look at intersection improvements along the road that traverses the county.
Why it matters: Prince William Parkway is a major thoroughfare linking Interstates 95 and 66, and it’s littered with signal lights that slow and stop the flow of traffic.
A Transportation Bond Town Hall will be held on October 24, 2019, for residents to come speak and find out more about Stafford’s 2019 Transportation Bond Referendum.
BonChon will open its new Korean and American style restaurant in Gainesville.
When the restaurant does open, manager Peter An said customers will want to try the dish most customers like the most.
Prince William County is hoping to win a $225,000 grant that would be used for accessibility improvements at Marumsco Acre Lake.
The grant application comes after the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (DPRT) commissioned a report in 2015 to assess federally-mandated accessibility compliance across all parks in Prince William County.
