While many Virginia residents are staying at home doing their part to fight coronavirus, crews will continue their work to improve area roads.
The Virginia Department of Transportation says drivers should these will be the traffic hot spots in our area this week.
Eastbound Dale Boulevard (Route 784) between Minnieville Road and Forestdale Avenue will have daytime lane closures (weather permitting) Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 10 to replace a stormwater pipe, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
The single-lane closures will occur between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day.
During April, construction crews will start a safety widening project along sections of Route 635 (Decatur Road) and Route 628 (Ramoth Church Road) in Stafford County to expand the road shoulders.
Widening the shoulders will provide more recovery space for drivers if their vehicle strays from the travel lanes. The project is intended to reduce the risk of crashes and injuries that can result from vehicles running off the road.
The effort to widen Route 1 in Woodbridge continues despite the global coronavirus pandemic.
The Virginia Department of Transportation reports that concrete abutments are in place or a new bridge that will carry Route 1 traffic over the Maurmsco Creek.
Residents of Prince William County’s Coles District got their first look at a new $55 million interchange county leaders are planning to build at Prince William Parkway and Brentsville Road, near Manassas.
Once the interchange is in place, two signal lights on Prince William Parkway, at Brentsville and Dumfries roads, will be removed.
It used to be a way to avoid traffic congestion on our region’s highways.
Now, with a region largely working from home, transit providers in our region like OmniRide and Metro have seen major declines in ridership.
OmniRide today announced several changes to help protect the public and OmniRide employees from the coronavirus outbreak.
OmniRide’s Local and Metro Express services are now providing users riders free of charge. These buses provide service between Manassas and western Prince Willliam County to the Tysons Corner Metro station, and from Woodbridge to the Franconia-Springfield Metro station.
Commuters should take note of some upcoming changes in the modes of transportation that get them to and from work.
Virginia Railway Express tells us that an increasing number of area businesses and government agencies are encouraging or mandating telework for its employees to help contain the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.
A woman from Fredericksburg died in an early morning crash.
Virginia State Police tells Potomac Local News that Trooper M. Burgett investigated a two-vehicle fatal crash in Orange County. The crash occurred March 16, 2020, at 3:52 a.m. on Route 20 (Constitution Highway) Route 625 (Porter Road).
There will be one less traffic light in Fredericksburg.
The traffic signal at the intersection of George and Prince Edward Streets, near Hurkamp Park in Downtown Fredericksburg, stopped working properly earlier this year, city officials tell us.
