Fatal Crash Investigation – On March 3 at 1:10PM, officers responded to the area of Fleetwood Drive near Hazelwood Drive in Nokesville (20181) to investigate a two-vehicle crash.
The investigation revealed that the driver of a 2008 Toyota Rav-4 was traveling northbound on Fleetwood Dr. when the driver crossed over the center line and struck a 1994 Mack truck head on.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently approved authorization for the County to enter into an agreement with the Town of Dumfries to administer the U.S. 1-Fraley Boulevard widening project and allocate up to $4-million to pay for the ongoing project design.
The construction of the project, expected to begin in late 2024, will expand U.S. 1 in the Town of Dumfries to a six-lane road with pedestrian and bicycle facilities on the northbound side. The project will also convert the southbound side into a two-lane road for local traffic through the Town.
The Route 1 northbound traffic shift at the Potomac Creek bridge in Stafford County is now set for Friday, March 5 after being postponed last month.
Both northbound travel lanes will remain open. But as construction on the bridge replacement project enters the next phase, northbound traffic will be shifted around 20 feet to the right to cross Potomac Creek. This shift allows crews to build the northbound lanes on the new bridge.
All work is scheduled weather permitting. Real-time information on work zones and lane closures is available on 511Virginia.
I-95 Southbound
A bill to change the name of U.S. 1 in Virginia from Jefferson Davis Highway to Emancipation Highway passed the Virginia Senate this week with bipartisan support.
Route 652 (Truslow Road) in Stafford County is expected to reopen to traffic at a new interstate overpass on April 9, weather permitting.
Construction is nearing completion on the new overpass, which is being replaced as part of the 95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project. The overpass, located between Beagle Road and Samuel Lane, was rebuilt to accommodate the construction of two new reversible express lanes in the median of Interstate 95.
Reconstruction of Lafayette Blvd to include a new roundabout to service the Telegraph Hill developments will affect area motorists beginning March 8.
Motorists accessing southbound Lafayette Blvd from westbound Blue-Gray Parkway will need to pay close attention to left turn lane changes, which will include a turn lane closure to access a single southbound lane on Lafayette between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
