On Thursday, March 11 at 6:05 p.m., police in Prince William County were called to the scene of a motorcycle crash in the area of the Prince William Pkwy and Hynson Drive near Manassas.
The investigation revealed that the operator of a 2020 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle was traveling east on the Prince William Pkwy, approaching Hynson Dr, when the operator lost control and ran off the left side of the roadway into the center median.
A woman who lost control of her vehicle outside the main gate of Quantico Marine Corps Base was killed in a car crash.
Police said the crash occurred at 10:20 a.m. in the area of Fuller Heights and Old Triangle roads.
OmniRide is doing more to help residents get to area vaccination clinics.
The transit agency says its Local buses serve three vaccination sites in Prince William County, with bus stops close to each location.
The new traffic pattern on Route 17 Business in Stafford County at Route 1034 (Short Street) and Route 1580 (Olde Forge Drive) has been adjusted to improve safety at the two intersections.
U-turns on Route 17 Business at Olde Forge Drive and Short Street will be prohibited.
On Thursday, March 11, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will shift all traffic on Route 17 southbound at the bridge over Dragon Run to the left travel lane so that construction can continue to improve the bridge.
After Route 17 southbound traffic is shifted to the left travel lane, the right travel lane will become a permanent 24-hour single lane closure until the project is complete in Aug. 2021.
Travelers on Interstate 95 northbound should anticipate delays with double lane closures scheduled overnight in Stafford County as construction progresses on the I-95 Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing project.
All three travel lanes on I-95 northbound between exit 133 (Route 17) and exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) will be shifted slightly to the left, toward the median, to provide more space along the right shoulder for crews to work behind concrete barriers.
Stafford County wants to name its portion of Route 1 after a fallen hero.
Jessica J. Cheney gave her life in the service of Virginians. At 23, only two years after becoming Virginia State Police Trooper, a car collided with Cheney at a work zone on Route 1 at the Stafford Courthouse on January 17, 1998
The Stafford Board of Supervisors’ recent decision to allow a massive DHL Distribution Center will add over 1,360new vehicle trips daily to our brand-new, curvy Courthouse Road Divergent Diamond interchange.
A significant amount of this traffic will be heavy trucks. And worse, our Board has awarded big tax incentives (aka your tax dollars) to DHL to make it happen.
Drivers should be on the lookout this week for multiple construction projects in Stafford County and Fredericksburg.
The work will take place as long as the weather holds out, the Virginia Department of Transportation says.
Route 628 (Winding Creek Road) in Stafford County will be closed between Route 733 (Embrey Mill Road) and Route 1947 (Walpole Street) beginning Monday, March 15.
The road will remain closed for an estimated six months. Road construction will be performed under permit as part of a private development project.
