RICHMOND – A month after the fury over what many drivers considered excessive tolls on Interstate 66, Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne defended the tolls, saying they are necessary for increasing the flow of traffic on the highway in Northern Virginia.
The tolls, which vary based on demand and amount of traffic, have reached as high as $44 for a 10-mile drive since they were implemented on Dec. 4.
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Manassas police on Monday night swore in seven new police officers.
The new officers come as the city’s police department in recent months has been short on manpower, forcing existing officers and staff to put in extra hours to meet demand.
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“No one likes to be given bad news, and a diagnosis of dementia is devastating. How wonderful it would be though if the bad news and negative language stopped at that point.”
So begins a short article by Wendy Mitchell, who is living with dementia. Wendy says the manner in which care providers communicate can have a profound effect on a patient’s ability to cope with a chronic medical condition.
Regional foundation repair and waterproofing experts provide free inspections to homes with flooded basements and wet crawl spaces caused by massive January storm.
JES Foundation Repair is busy inspecting and repairing homes throughout Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C. and northeast North Carolina after Winter Strom Grayson hit the East Coast. While melting snow, pounding rain and high winds can result in wet basements and damp crawl spaces, JES has solutions that will keep homes dry for any future storms.
Here’s today’s OPM status.
Transportation officials tell us that they expect tonight’s freezing rain and rain will refreeze overnight.
From the Virginia Department of Transportation:
ARLINGTON — A state official warns any changes to toll collection on Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway could force changes to the highway improvement project taking place outside the ring road.
As part of the $3.5 billion effort to add E-ZPass toll lanes to I-66 between Gainesville in Prince William County and the Captial Beltway, the consortium building the lanes, I-66 Mobility Partners, gave $579 million in free money to the state to be used for transportation improvements.
Prince William County Public Schools will close three hours early today. All afternoon and evening activities are canceled. SACC will be closed today.
The school division said it will attempt to serve lunches.
