It is the second week of Metro’s big SafeTrack repairs and Virginia transportation officials say traffic has gotten worse.
From VDOT:
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Traffic
Work is underway to bury utility lines at Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road,
Once buried, crews will move an out-of-place concrete traffic island on Prince William Parkway east and move it to the right, as well as move a merge lane that carries drivers turning right onto the parkway from Minniville Road.
Hey back way commuters who use Aden Road to Fitzwater Drive to get to Stafford County and points south: this will delay your trip.
A blue sedan went into a ditch while headed east on Aden Road, at the intersection of Parkgate Drive. The accident scene is just east of a four-way stop at Aden that causes a major backup for drivers on Aden Road ( the country).
From VDOT:
Purcell Road will be closed to through traffic between Hunter’s Grove and Westside roads from 8 p.m. Friday, June 10 until 5 a.m. Monday, June 13 to replace a drainage pipe, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
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From 95 Express Lanes:
The northbound 95 Express Lanes and I-395 high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes will close weekdays at 10 a.m. for the morning reversal beginning Friday, June 10. The early closure will enable southbound travelers to enter the 95 Express Lanes around 11:30 a.m., one hour earlier than the current schedule. Overnight weekday reversals will continue to take place from about midnight to 2 a.m.
OmniRide buses that are used to take commuters from Prince William County to Washington. D.C. will continue to operate.
The transit system’s $56 million budget keeps commuter, and local buses running for the next year and includes a mixture of ride fare increases, service cuts, and administrative savings to include lower-than-budgeted diesel fuel costs. Overall, it’s good news for an agency that earlier this year faced a $9 million budget shortfall and discussed cost-saving measures like converting its commuter bus fleet to feeder buses only serving Metro stations.
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New traffic delineator posts on Graham Park Road in Dumfries are in place to help control traffic.
The new posts are standing at one of the busiest intersections in the town at Graham Park Road and Route 1, between Dunkin Donuts and Triangle Shopping Plaza. This section of Graham Park Road is used by drivers from Route 1 north and south, and by drivers coming out of the Prince William Estates, Williamstown, and Graham Park Shores neighborhoods need to access Route 1.
I-95N paving bet. mm 146 -148 in Stafford near the Pr. Wm. Co. line will cont. on Fri. night. Expect delays bet. 10p. Fri. until 7a. Sat.
— VDOT Fredericksburg (@VaDOTFRED) June 2, 2016
More than 38 million people across the U.S. will travel this Memorial Day weekend.
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There’s a plan to spend more than $330 $23 billion on transportation improvements in Northern Virginia by 2040.
That plan is called “TransAction 2040,” and transportation planners want you to become more familiar with it. A meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday in Manassas Park where consultants from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority — the agency that approves and doles ranks regional transportation projects making them eligible for state funding — will ask a simple question: What’s wrong with your commute.