WOODBRIDGE — Julius Rogers can go back to work.
OmniRide operators and their union reached a collective bargaining agreement on Monday effectively ended a four-day worker strike at the transit operator.
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Traffic
STAFFORD — Between the FredEx and diverging diamond interchange projects on Interstate 95, and work on Courthouse Road, there’s a lot for drivers to beware of in Stafford County this week.
Interstate 95 Express Lanes – Fredericksburg Extension
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Updated 1 p.m.
From OmniRide:
DALE CITY – (Press Release) Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) structure and bridge crews continue work to replace a large stormwater pipe on Princedale Drive that failed after heavy rains on July 4, causing a sinkhole. The road is expected to remain closed between Saddler Lane and Roundtree Drive for four more weeks, weather permitting.
The 84-inch diameter galvanized metal pipe had been conveying water for a tributary of Neabsco Creek. After several inches of rain in a short period of time on July 4, the force of the water pushed the pipe into the creek, causing the asphalt above to fail.
WOODBRIDGE — OmniRide’s phone systems are not working today.
The transit provider has been unable to receive phone calls from customers since midday Friday, July 26.
Interstate 95 Express Lanes – Fredericksburg Extension
Interstate 95 at Exit 140 Diverging Diamond Interchange and Courthouse Road Widening Project
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — (Press Release) On Wednesday, July 24 at 5:15 p.m., investigators from the Crash Unit responded to the 12500 block of Purcell Road to investigate a single motorcycle crash.
The initial investigation revealed that the rider of a 2002 Harley Davidson was traveling northbound on Purcell when he attempted to navigate out of a turn on Purcell Road.
A section of Courthouse Road near Interstate 95 will be closed next weekend to allow crews to open a new intersection with Austin Ridge Drive, and to activate two new traffic signals.
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WOODBRIDGE — The mission at Virginia Railway Express is clear: Get more people onto its trains.
Ridership on Virginia’s only commuter railroad remains flat over the past eight years, and that has officials inside VRE ringing alarm bells.
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STAFFORD — A group of Stafford County high school students is pushing for change after their friend and fellow classmate Helen Wang died in a car crash on the day of her 17th birthday. She was hit and killed while trying to turn onto Kellogg Mill Road, a narrow two-lane road that winds through the heart of the county.
They call themselves Changing Stafford’s Roads [CSR]. They’re credited with convincing local leaders to take action, putting forward to voters a possible $50 million road bond referendum to improve conditions on some of the county’s worst thoroughfares.