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Virginia Railway Express recognized for safety

Published December 16, 2020 at 6:02PM

Safety permeates every aspect of the Virginia Railway Express (VRE). It guides all actions and decisions by staff, train crews, maintenance workers, and the Operations Board. For its holistic approach to safety, VRE is the 2020 recipient of the Virginia Transit Association’s (VTA) Exceptional Safety Award.

“Safety is foremost in VRE’s mission statement,” said VRE Operations Board Chairman Gary Skinner. “If VRE service isn’t safe, being cost-effective, accessible, reliable, convenient and comfortable doesn’t matter. Safety is more than a philosophy at VRE. It is a culture.”

Stafford scrambles for Brooke Road flooding fix

By Rick Horner

Published December 16, 2020 at 5:00PM | Updated December 16, 2020 at 5:53PM

Rains that fell on December 4, 2020 led to a washout on Brooke Road in Stafford County. [Photo: Jason Pelt]

The situation on Brooke Road has become intolerable.

That was the gist of a situation, according to residents that spoke to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, December 15. In the last couple of years, floodwaters have made driving on Brooke Road a dangerous prospect, especially on the S-curve that lies near Accokeek Creek.

Dumfries woman killed in Caroline County crash

By Potomac Local News

Published December 16, 2020 at 10:15AM

Photo: Mary Davidson

At 9:07 a.m. on Tuesday, December 15, Virginia State Police responded to a crash on Route 17 near Route 301 in Caroline County.

The preliminary investigation reveals that a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta was traveling south on Route 17 when it ran off the road to the left and struck a tree.

Stafford aims to strip Jefferson Davis’ name from Route 1

By Rick Horner

Published December 15, 2020 at 11:54PM

This large crucifix sits along U.S. 1 in Stafford County. Photo: Mary Davidson.

Stafford County wants to change the name of Route 1, but leaders there would prefer a different name than what Delegate Joshua Cole (D-28, Fredericksburg, Stafford) proposes.

At a meeting of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, December 15, a leaders discussed a Cole’s bill that will introduced into the Virginia General Assembly, which begins on January 13, 2021, that would remove the name of Jefferson Davis from Route 1 and rename the highway after the Loving Family, of Caroline County.

Updated: OmniRide runs regular service today, cancels emergency plans

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 14, 2020 at 8:45AM | Updated December 23, 2020 at 12:48PM

Updated

OmniRide told us today just before 2 p.m. that the transit agency was able to operate regular service and did not active its emergency service plan, as it had planned to do on Friday, December 11, 2020.

Occoquan considers new timed parking system

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 7, 2020 at 5:21PM

Mill Street in Occoquan.

Occoquan officials aim to put a cap on the amount of time you can park your car in one spot.

The Town Council is looking into a new timed parking program that would allow police to use an electronic handheld scanner to mark your tires’ position and then use the information to see whether the car had been moved in the past three hours.

OmniRide service change takes effect December 14

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 7, 2020 at 1:00PM | Updated December 7, 2020 at 3:54PM

OmniRide’s Fall Service Change will take effect on Monday, December 14, and will include changes to most routes. All printed schedules will be reprinted with new effective dates.

Prince William approves study for expanded bus options along Route 1

By Local News

Published December 7, 2020 at 12:50PM | Updated December 7, 2020 at 5:28PM

As a series of road widening projects intended to ease congestion along Route 1 progress, Prince William County’s Department of Transportation is beginning to explore another means of moving people up and down the eastern part of the county.

DMV Select office in Dumfries to remain closed; Stafford open by appointment

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 27, 2020 at 12:12PM

Dumfries Town Hall

The DMV Select at Dumfries Town Hall will remain shuttered indefinitely.

Town Manager Keith Rogers told members of the Town Council at a meeting on Tuesday, November 17. He plans to keep the center shuttered until the number of new coronavirus cases reported in Prince William County decline.

Route 1 name change approved: ‘It is time we move on from memorials to confederate leaders’

By Press Release

Published November 27, 2020 at 11:59AM

Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin

The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board unanimously approved a resolution on Nov. 24, 2020, to change the name of Route 1 in Prince William County to Richmond Highway. The County will now move forward with the name change process. This includes reaching out to business owners and residents, who live along the stretch of Route 1 in Prince William County that is impacted, to make this transition as smooth as possible.

According to Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin, who testified before the Commonwealth Transportation Board, “This a tremendous step in the right direction as we continue the revitalization of Route 1 and spur economic growth in Prince William County. As a majority-minority county, it is time we move on from memorials to confederate leaders.”