On Tuesday, July 14 the Fredericksburg City Council will meet to decide on an action that could change the name of Route 1.
The City Council could vote to petition the Virginia General Assembly to remove the name of Jefferson Davis Highway from U.S. Route 1 statewide. This issue had been brought up at a June meeting of the council following protests in the city Fredericksburg in the wake of the police killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.
Northbound Interstate 95 will begin to see lane closures in the Fredericksburg area in order for crews to shift northbound traffic onto a new Route 17 overpass.
The work zone begins near the Rappahannock River bridge, which is located between the City of Fredericksburg and Stafford County.
The effort to realign Route 1 in Dumfries has been more than 20 years in the making and, as of today, the project is fully funded.
The town was awarded $78 million by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to complete they two-mile widening project that will see the northbound portion of Route 1 (Frayley Boulevard), between Brady’s Hill Road and Route 234 widened to six lanes.
Dynamic speed signs have been set up on the E-ZPass Express Lanes on Interstates 95 and 495.
Transurban, the Australian-based transportation company that operates the express lanes, installed the new speed signs for a trial run. Much like traffic radar signs that drivers see along the roadside in neighborhoods, dynamic signs will show how fast a vehicle is going within the express lane.
Transportation officials in Prince William are looking at altering and adding new service to some of the county’s busiest local bus routes.
At its public meeting on Thursday, July 9, OmniRide will ask PRTC commissioners for permission to study, and to take public comments on a plan to increase the number of local bus routes it has in the Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, and Dumfries areas from four to seven. The transit agency, which already services the Route 1, Dale Boulevard, and Old Bridge Road corridors with regular local bus service, seeks to add more bus stops in more places.
Commuters traveling down the intersection of Courthouse and Mine roads in Stafford County will see a new traffic signal activated this week.
To allow motorists to adjust to the presence of the new traffic signal, it will be activated and placed in flash mode starting today, July 6, and continue to flash through early Thursday, July 9.
The Virginia Department of Transportation says drivers should expect a traffic shift along northbound Route 1 in Woodbridge, between Mount Pleasant Drive to just north of Marumsco Creek, on Monday, July 6 as part of the Route 1 widening project.
The two lanes of northbound traffic will shift to the right, including over the newly built section of the Marumsco Creek bridge. Lane closures leading up to the shift will occur beginning the morning of July 6 along northbound Route 1 from Mount Pleasant Drive to just north of Marumsco Creek.
OmniRide has resumed operations of all routes and has increased service levels on OmniRide Express buses which began in mid-June.
Weekday Express service to destinations in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. are running on a Friday schedule, which is one step down from full-service. The increase in service levels was based on the improving COVID-19 conditions, and the Governor’s order to begin reopening the state.
Travelers headed northbound on Interstate 95 will encounter major travel delays in the Fredericksburg area on Monday, July 13 through early Tuesday, July 14.
Lane closures are needed for 19 consecutive hours of milling, paving and lane striping to shift northbound traffic onto a new interstate overpass that spans Route 17 in Stafford County.
Fredericksburg police to resume normal traffic enforcement July 6.
After weeks of protests, and garnering national attention on the Fox News Channel, Fredericksburg officials announced things would return to normal on its streets.
