Prince William police will be out in force this Thanksgiving holiday weekend checking drivers and their passengers have buckled up. This year’s “Click It or Ticket” seatbelt enforcement campaign, which runs through Sunday, Nov. 29.
Police included more details in a press release.
Speeding is not a problem on Cardinal Drive in Woodbridge, where a woman was struck and later died after walking her dog on May 1.
The victim, Deborah Lynn Talbot, 50, died two days later at an area hospital. A suspect, 19-year-old Cierra Dickerson, is charged with racing, a form of reckless driving, is scheduled to have a jury trial on February 8, 2021.
Here are this week’s traffic hot spots in the Stafford County and Fredericksburg area provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation:
I-95 Northbound
Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect the full scope of work on Conner Drive, to include a complete reconstruction of the street, including a connection with Euclid Drive
Manassas Park officials are questioning why a small street project’s cost has ballooned into millions of dollars.
A majority of Virginia drivers may now renew their driver’s license for up to two years without having to enter a DMV location to have a photo taken.
The DMV in Richmond says the new system allows drivers to new on its website and was brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier this week, we were the first to tell you efforts to replace a washed-out bridge on Joplin Road — a popular byway linking the midsection of Prince William County to Interstate 95 and Quantico Marine Corps Base — could last into spring.
Today, the Virginia Department of Transportation released more information about the project.
Quantico residents are pushing transportation officials to resume local bus service to the only town in the nation surrounded by a U.S. military installation.
OmniRide discontinued service to the town in March and instead told residents to call a cab to take them to the nearest bus stop, just outside the base on Route 1 in Triangle.
It could be next spring when drivers will be able to make the full trip down Joplin Road.
The popular, winding, two-lane thoroughfare connects Independent Hill, near the Prince William County Public Schools headquarters, to Interstate 95, at the Quantico National Cemetery.
A new, permanent ramp from Route 28 North to I-66 East will open on or about Friday morning, November 20. Drivers on Route 28 North will stay to the right to access I-66 East using the new ramp.
The new ramp is one of several major traffic pattern changes happening this year in the I-66 and Route 28 Interchange area as part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project.
Pedestrian safety is an emerging problem at a new development on Ridgefield Hoadly Road in Dale City, according to the LOCCA-PELT Civic Association. A total of 100 new townhomes will be built as part of the Apollo project at Apollo Drive and Ridgefield Road, along with a new shopping center with a daycare.
A dollar store, a gymnastics center, and a credit union are already located at this intersection, and a new self-storage business also won approval to build in this spot.
