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Initially estimated at $53 million, the project now stands at around $55 million, with construction progress reaching nearly 70%. Todd Barton, overseeing the project, explains the challenges faced during construction, notably installing five soil retaining walls to accommodate the structure.

“The site is very challenging,” Barton remarks. “In order to get the structure itself in, we had to install five soil retaining walls.”


Features

Visitors at Leesylvania and Mason Neck state parks in Woodbridge and Fairfax, respectively, will see the moon move across the sun at 2:02 p.m. and the moon obstructing nearly 87% of the sun’s surface by 3:20 p.m.

Visitors to Wilderness Road State Park, about seven hours from here, near the Cumberland Gap, will see 90% of the sun covered, more than any other state park.


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Standard Communities is developing 240 apartments on Route 1 in Woodbridge. The development aims to remake Jefferson Square, the dilapidated shopping center next to Marumsco Plaza.

The development will be considered low-income housing. Residents must spend no more than 60% of what they earn annually on housing to live there.


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The Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Amy Ashworth, has announced the successful prosecution of Isaiah McGriff in connection with the July 2022 murder of a woman in Woodbridge. On March 12, 2024, a Prince William County jury found McGriff guilty of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The case, Commonwealth of Virginia v. Isaiah McGriff, was prosecuted by Senior Assistant Commonwealth Attorneys Kathleen Bilton and Dircia Schubert.

On July 1, 2022, police responded to a shooting at 13990 Jefferson Davis Hwy (Longview 7-Eleven) in Prince William County, where they discovered the victim, Claudia Morataya, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound to the abdomen. An investigation revealed that Isaiah McGriff, the defendant, was present outside the 7-Eleven that night, along with the victim and others, drinking and socializing before the shooting occurred. A verbal dispute ensued between the victim and the defendant, culminating in the victim throwing a beer bottle at McGriff. McGriff was heard making threatening remarks before later shooting the victim in nearby woods, a press release notes.


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Authorities were alerted to an incident at the Prince William County Government Center located at 5 County Complex Court in Woodbridge on March 7, where a pedestrian was fatally injured. According to crash investigators, the victim, [Redacted at the request of the victim’s family], of Woodbridge, was involved in a collision involving a trailer in the parking lot at around 3:54 p.m.

Police said [the victim] manually moved a small trailer between vehicles when he stumbled and fell. Subsequently, the trailer continued its momentum, ultimately resting on [the victim’s] upper body and leg. Despite managing to free himself from the trailer, he suffered severe injuries in the process.


Business

The IDI Group Companies (IDI) and its development partners said they would build a new logistics facility on the Route 1 corridor in Woodbridge.

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