For Manassas, it’s the bypass.
The City Council unanimously voted to support a plan to extend Godwin Drive, creating a four-lane, four-mile Route 28 bypass. Known as “alternative 2B,” the road would connect with Route 28 at Bull Run, on the Fairfax County line.
There will be several changes coming to William Street in Downtown Fredericksburg that will aim to improve travel for both commuters and pedestrians. William Street is already undergoing repaving and is one of many road improvement plans underway in the area.
More from a press release by the city:
Here are this week’s traffic hot spots in the Stafford County and Fredericksburg area provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation:
A motorcycle rider was killed just outside Christopher Yung Elementary School in Bristow.
Police tell us:
Police are seeking witnesses in a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred in Dumfries.
Police tell us:
A trash truck overturned Friday morning at the intersection of Ramoth Church, near the intersection of Centreport Parkway near the Stafford Regional Airport about 9:30 a.m.
Stafford fire and rescue chief Joseph Cardello tells us:
OmniRide Express buses are currently on Emergency Service Plans (ESP) due to work stoppage by bus drivers.
As a result, fares on express buses are free for this morning.
The process to rename Route 1 in Prince William County began in earnest early this morning.
The Board of County Supervisors voted unanimously just before 2 a.m. to ask Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation to rename Jefferson Davis Highway to Richmond Highway.
Plans for a four-lane bypass, an extension of Godwin Drive, were restored at Tuesday’s Prince William Board of County Supervisors meeting.
Supervisors voted along party lines 5-3 to overturn a unanimous vote the Board made a month ago and chose to proceed with designing a four-lane extension of Godwin Drive from Novant/UVA Health Prince William Medical Center in Manassas to the intersection of Route 28 and Compton Road in Fairfax County.
First Metro, and now OmniRide will allow riders to pay with Apple Pay using their iPhones.
From OmniRide:
