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Pedestrian struck, killed in Triangle on Saturday night

Published January 19, 2020 at 11:43AM

Prince William police press release | On January 15 at 5:58 PM, investigators from the Crash Investigation Unit responded to the area of Jefferson Davis Hwy and Quantico Gateway Dr in Triangle (22172) to investigate a crash involving a pedestrian.

The investigation revealed that the driver of a 2010 Explorer Sport-Trac was traveling northbound on Jefferson Davis Hwy, just past the intersection with Quantico Gateway Dr, when the vehicle struck a pedestrian. The pedestrian, identified as a 23-year-old man, was walking within the roadway on Jefferson Davis Hwy and not the designated sidewalk available.

Final round of I-95 study meetings start Jan. 28 in Fredericksburg

By Potomac Local News

Published January 16, 2020 at 6:28PM

Following news of the Governor Ralph Northam’s plans to invest nearly $4 billion to passenger rail, and to hike the gas tax, transportation officials are planning another round of meetings on Interstate 95.

They estimate it will cost $12.5 billion to add a new lane in each direction of the interstate, between Thornburg and the Occoquan River. When it is done, they said, it’ll already be congested.

New info from Stafford: Truslow Road detour coming w/ no signal light

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 13, 2020 at 8:46PM | Updated January 14, 2020 at 11:38AM

Updated 11:30 a.m Jan. 14 | In the post below, we told you we would follow up with Stafford County officials on a request from the Board of Supervisors to the Commonwealth Transportation Board in Richmond, or a request to add a temporary signal light at Route 1 and Truslow Road.

Statement from the county | At this time, we have not heard any response from the Secretary of Transportation, to which we sent the letter.

Prince William’s soon-to-be-built high school gets a change of address

By Potomac Local News

Published January 13, 2020 at 12:38PM | Updated January 13, 2020 at 8:47PM

A rendering of what Prince William County's 13th high school, to be built behind Jiffy Lube Live, will look like once it opens.

Prince William County’s newest high school will won’t be located on the street residents had thought it would be.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted to change the address of the soon-to-be-built high school near Gainesville.

Pot hole repair to slow traffic at Falmouth on Friday

By Potomac Local News

Published January 9, 2020 at 5:24PM

Press release | Motorists can expect brief delays tomorrow on the Route 17 southbound on-ramp to I-95 southbound at Exit 133 (Falmouth) in Stafford County due to mobile pothole repairs.

Beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10, motorists can expect brief, intermittent traffic stops of 5-10 minutes at the ramp. All repair work will be completed by noon.

OmniRide on snow day service: ‘We did not deliver’

By Potomac Local News

Published January 8, 2020 at 4:39PM

Earlier today, we told you about some Virginia Railway Express riders who were left out in the cold as they tried to make it home during yesterday’s snowstorm.

The commuter railroad released a statement about why that happened. And now OmniRide, the region’s commuter bus service provider, says it also fell short yesterday in its efforts to provide bus service to federal workers who live in Prince William and Stafford counties.

Some VRE riders left in the cold during snow early dismissal

By Potomac Local News

Published January 8, 2020 at 4:35PM | Updated January 8, 2020 at 5:27PM

Some Virginia Railway Express riders were turned away yesterday, leaving them searching for another way home in the snow.

VRE email | The early release by the Office of Personnel Management yesterday created extreme crowding on the first southbound trains on both lines. While we moved our longest (8-car) train sets to operate on the earliest schedules, the demand was greater than we could accommodate. This resulted in the need to deny boarding to some and created crowded conditions on board the trains. The midday trains made slower than normal trips because of the extra time needed to allow passengers to detrain at their destination stations.

Cole bill aims to ban daytime roadwork

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 8, 2020 at 1:13PM

American Legion Bridge over the Potomac River. [Photo: VDOT]

Is daytime roadwork and all of those construction zones keeping you from getting where you’re going?

Newly-elected Delegate Joshua Cole (D-28, Fredericksburg, Stafford) think so, and he’s introduced a new bill that would require the Virginia Department of Transportation to do all of their work at night.

Updated: Snow removal vehicle involved in fatal crash outside Quantico

By Potomac Local News

Published January 8, 2020 at 8:22AM | Updated January 8, 2020 at 4:17PM

4 p.m. | We just received an update from Virginia State Police on this morning’s fatal crash near Quantico.

Virginia State Police press release |Trooper J.D. Capra is investigating two crashes that occurred early Wednesday morning (Jan. 8) on Interstate 95 at the 149 mile marker in Prince William County.

Free fares on Stafford OmniRide buses come to an end

By Potomac Local News

Published January 2, 2020 at 8:57AM

Those free fares riders on the very first OmniRide bus ever to serve Stafford County came to an end Tuesday.

Those buses are the Stafford-Washington route (Route 543) and the Stafford-Pentagon route (Route 942). Service on the new routes began Oct. 28, 2019, as part of an effort to get more people out of their cars and onto buses along the Interstate 95 and 395 corridor, just as the newly tolled E-ZPass Express Lanes on I-395 were opening.