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Steel beam work continues this week at I-66, Sudley Road

By Potomac Local News
Beams for a new ramp connecting I-495 to the I-66 Express Lanes, May 19, 2021. [Photo: VDOT]

I-66 East and West near Route 234 Business (Sudley Road) in Manassas will be reduced to a single lane in each direction for about one mile during the overnight hours Monday, March 21, through Friday, March 25, for continued bridge beam installation for a new access ramp to the future I-66 Express Lanes.

I-66 East will be closed with two-way traffic running on I-66 West so that crews can safely install bridge beams over the eastbound lanes.This work is part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project.

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Prince William police chief Newsham is a ‘strong proponent’ of traffic cameras. The county is about to launch a study. Here’s where the cameras might go

By Potomac Local News
U.S. 1 north in Dumfries. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

Police Chief Peter Newsham says he supports the use of cameras and stepped up patrols to enforce speed limits in Prince William County.

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Major work on Brentsville interchange is about to begin on Prince William Parkway

By Uriah Kiser
A new design for an interchange at Rt. 234, Pr. Wm. Parkway, Brentsville and Dumfries roads now includes a pedestrian bridge over four lanes of Route 234 near Manassas.

Work is underway on what transportation planners call a new, innovative interchange on Prince William Parkway, at Brentsville Road.

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Truck restriction considered for Austin Ridge Drive

By Potomac Local News

Trucks using a popular Stafford County thoroughfare may soon have to find another way.

The Virginia Department of Transportation, at the request of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, is considering a through truck restriction on Route 1486 (Austin Ridge Drive) between Route 684 (Mine Road) and Route 630 (Courthouse Road).

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I-66 delays expected tonight at Sudley Road for steel beam installation

By Potomac Local News
Beams for a new ramp connecting I-495 to the I-66 Express Lanes, May 19, 2021. [Photo: VDOT]

At about 10 o’clock tonight, I-66 East will be closed with two-way traffic running on I-66 West so that crews can safely install bridge beams over the eastbound lanes. This work is part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project.

The ramp from Route 234 Business North and South to I-66 East will also be closed both nights with detours posted.

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Supervisors allow taxicab companies to charge temporary fuel surcharge

By Potomac Local News

Over the next 60 days, taxicabs in Prince Willam County will be able to charge a little more for a ride.

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Trapped passenger freed, police search for driver in hit-and-run

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One person freed from car crash in Marumsco Hills section of Woodbridge on Sunday, March 13, 2022 [Photo: OWL Volunteer Fire Department]

On March 13 at 5:26 a.m., officers went to the 2000 block of Cumberland Drive in the Marsumsco Hills section of Woodbridge for a hit-and-run crash.

The investigation revealed that a 2008 Audi A4 driver struck two unoccupied parked vehicles, a 2020 Toyota Corolla and a 2016 Ford F350. The Audi was rendered inoperable due to significant damage sustained during the crash.

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Virginia Dems blame price gouging for rising fuel prices. GOP leader: Not so fast

By Potomac Local News
A gas station on Prince William Parkway at Seeton Square in Woodbridge on March 10, 2022.

Virginia Republicans are taking a swipe at Democrats who blamed rising gas prices on price gouging this week.

House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn called on Governor Glenn Youngkin to issue an executive order declaring a state of emergency due to Russia’s continued, unprovoked war against Ukraine. In doing so, she said, the action would prompt activate the Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act and provide the Attorney General with powerful tools to protect Virginians from “unconscionable” prices at the pump.

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New ramp from I-66 to Route 28 north open March 18

By Potomac Local News

The exit from Interstate 66 West to Route 28 North and Braddock Road/Walney Road will be relocated about a half mile east of the old exit Friday morning, March 18.

The new exit location is immediately after the I-66 bridge over Stringfellow Road and will be the permanent location for this exit as part of the Transform 66 Outside of the Beltway Project, to add E-ZPass lanes between the Capital Beltway and Haymarket.

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