Construction crews will begin relocating gas lines in Manassas Park on Monday.
The work will take place at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Manassas Drive, and is being done in advance of roadwork to occur in the area.
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It’s time to remove the old Aden Road bridge.
The one-lane wrought-iron truss bridge will be removed from its perch over the Norfolk-Southern railway on Tuesday.
Mike’s 610 Diner has been described as a “cheers” of Stafford County.
The small eatery caters to a mostly breakfast crowd, and a stream of regulars — all on a first-name basis — stream in all morning long.
The threat of a jest a few flakes falling from the sky overnight was enough to get Virginia highway crews out to treat roads.
Crews were spotted laying down a salt-brine solution on Interstate 95 this morning.
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Commuters bound for Mark Center in Alexandria will soon have a two new buses to take them there.
A new ramp from the HOV lanes on Interstate 395 to Seminary Road will open tomorrow afternoon, according to a Virginia Department of Transportation press release.
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There’s a lot of hope in the newly approved budget put forward Thursday night by the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission.
Hope that Prince William County will magically find $6 million to help make up some of an annual $9.2 million budget shortfall, every year over the next five years. Hope the Virginia General Assembly will enact a gas tax “floor” to help the agency recoup and additional $3.5 million it lost when gas prices dropped.
A pedestrian was struck this morning in front of a Walgreens pharmacy on at Smoketown and Old Bridge roads in Lake Ridge.
Here’s more in a police press release:
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New toll lanes on Interstates 95 and 395 brought more options to commuters when they opened one year ago.
Single drivers can now pay a toll and ride the lanes, whereas before all vehicles had to have at least three occupants during peak times. Today, the toll lanes are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and all drivers must have an electronic E-ZPass to use them. A vehicle with three or more occupants still rides free.
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Work on widening U.S. 1 between Mary’s Way and the Occoquan River just kicked into Phase II.
Crews have focused their attention on the area between Route 123 and Annapolis Way, where many buildings have been boarded up or already razed — including an old Taco Bell restaurant and motel — to make way for the wider interchange at Routes 1 and 123.
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Should Godwin Drive be linked with Interstate 66? That’s the question a new $2.5 million study will examine.
Transportation planners from Prince William County and Manassas City will study the “Flat Branch” corridor between where Godwin Drive intersects with Sudley Road just outside Manassas, near Novant Prince William Medical Center.