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STAFFORD – (Press Release) The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information from the public on a bicycle accident that occurred on March 28 in the area of Jefferson Davis Highway and Tracey Street.

On Thursday, March 28, 2019, at approximately 2:00 p.m., units with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office and Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department responded to reports of a pedestrian struck. Upon arrival, they learned a bicycle had been struck by a truck while traveling southbound on Jefferson Davis Highway in the area of the Hidden Valley 7-Eleven. The truck remained on scene and the 57-year-old male driver was identified.

STAFFORD – (Press release) River Road will be closed several days next week to accommodate work on Phase IV of the Belmont-Ferry Farm Trail.

Crews will be installing a pipe under the road to improve drainage of runoff near the entrance to Pratt Park.  Visitors will still be able to access Pratt Park via River Road from Route 1. River Road will be closed to traffic on Tuesday – Thursday, April 2– 4, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

STAFFORD – (Press release) Route 218 (Caledon Road/White Oak Road) in Stafford and King George counties will be reduced to a single lane at midday over the next two weeks to allow crews to install a centerline rumble strip as a safety improvement.

Route 218 will be reduced to a single lane between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday, April 1 through Friday, April 5, and again on Monday, April 8 through Friday, April 12.

STAFFORD — (Press release) Route 646 (Tacketts Mill Road) in Stafford County has reopened to traffic between Route 612 (Heflin Road) and 645 (Dunbar Road).

The road was closed to through traffic on Friday, March 22, for emergency repairs after a drainage pipe failure.

STAFFORD COUNTY — (Press release) Route 646 (Tacketts Mill Road) in Stafford County is closed to through traffic between Route 612 (Heflin Road) and 645 (Dunbar Road) for motorist safety after a drainage pipe failure.

Residents seeking to access driveways located on Tacketts Mill Road between Dunbar Road and Heflin Road are able to proceed. Access to all residential entrances will be maintained.

STAFFORD — A new pedestrian path could link North Stafford with an area along Route 1 known as “The Wayside.”

Located just south of Coal Landing Road and once a rest stop along busy Route 1, “The Wayside” today is full of trees and was once a pull-off for highway drivers.