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
Traffic
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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.
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FREDERICKSBURG — Drivers who use Interstate 95 at Occoquan have it the worst.
New data from the Virginia Department of Transportation marks the notorious bottleneck at the Occoquan River, where eight lanes reduce to six, as the most congested portion of I-95 in Virginia.