The portion of the Brooke Road safety improvement project requiring the closure near Stagecoach Road has concluded.
Despite some setbacks, including the wettest year on record and materials failures that delayed the reopening of the road to thru-traffic, the project is still scheduled to finish ahead of its contractual completion date of March 2020.
On Thursday, October 24, VSP will be coordinating an HOV enforcement blitz across northern Virginia.
In addition to law enforcement on express lanes, the 495/95/395 and 66 Express Lanes teams continue to deploy the latest technology to safely identify violators and deter drivers from evading tolls (the 395 Express Lanes open in November).
Rich Dalton rode a Manassas line train to work today, and it sparked an email to fellow riders telling them that he was in the front of the train and willing to talk.
While railroad’s Operations Board searches for a permanent replacement for Allen, Dalton has encouraged other members of VRE’s executive staff to ride rains on both of the system’s lines — Fredericksburg and Manassas — and to engage with customers.
Stafford residents will have a new commuting option starting Monday, November 4, when OmniRide begins operating two new Express bus routes from the Staffordboro Commuter Lot with service to L’Enfant Plaza and the Pentagon.
The two new routes received a green light today from the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), as part of the Commuter Choice program on the I-395/95 corridor.
It’s arguably one of the most important transportation projects in our region — rebuilding Long Bridge.
Here are the details about Tuesday’s public hearing in Washington, D.C.
His departure from Virginia’s only commuter rail network divided its Board of Commissioners, sources tell me.
At the time of his departure, Allen was making a $310,648 annual salary with benefits.
Virginia transportation officials have been studying the entire 179-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia, looking for ways to ease the highway’s notorious congestion.
And, for the crowd that refuses to get to work any other way but driving alone, adding another lane to the highway would costly, and would do little to relieve congestion.
The 95 Express Lanes reversal schedule will be adjusted this weekend due to testing for the 395 Express Lanes which will open in November.
Friday
Authorization to Execute a Contract for Benchmark Road Slope Stabilization | Agenda Item 8-A
Authorization to Extend the Lease Agreement for Parking at the Broad Run Station | Agenda Item 8-B
The Board of Supervisors is urging the Virginia Department of Transportation to include a pedestrian path underneath a new bridge built to carry Interstate 95 traffic over Route 17.
Why it matters: A pedestrian path would allow people who live across the six-lane Route 17 to walk from their neighborhood in Olde Forge across the road to a shopping center anchored by a Target Store.
