Transportation crews shifted lanes on Interstate 95 south to repair groundwater seepage issues on the highway.
The work will take place between the truck scales near the Dale City exit at mile post 156 and Dumfries at mile post 152, at Route 234.
Traffic
On Saturday, October 24 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting, the Virginia Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern will be closing Balls Ford Road at the railroad crossing west of Prince William Parkway (Route 234) in order to replace the at-grade crossing.
Traffic will be detoured via Prince William Parkway, Sudley Manor Drive, and Wellington Road back to Balls Ford (see map). Detour signs will be in place to guide motorists.
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The special meeting of the Board of Supervisors will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.
Chairman Corey Stewart will call a special meeting of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors to discuss plans to build a commuter parking lot on a county farm.
Quantico streets are getting resurfaced for the first time in 30 years.
The Virginia Department of Transportation hired Julis Branscome Inc. to repave about 3 miles of streets in the small town. C Street, Broadway Street, Potomac Avenue, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th streets are all being repaved at a cost of $282,000.
Beginning Tuesday, October 20, Ashton Avenue will be closed between Crestwood Drive and Lomond Drive for emergency culvert replacement. The work is expected to take about two weeks, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Drivers are asked to avoid the area and take alternate routes to minimize impacts.
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The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Falmouth intersection will have to wait, according to a statement from the Virginia Department of Transportation:
Due to heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, and preparations for the potential landfall of Hurricane Joaquin, the Falmouth Intersection Improvement Project Ribbon-Cutting event scheduled for Thursday, October 1 has been canceled.
Over 8,000 plants to be planted Tuesday, Sept. 29
Why: Pollinator habitat is dwindling, and so are pollinators. We rely heavily on pollinators for our food production in the U.S. and recreating habitat for these animals and insects is a way we can assist in bringing back some of the most threatened, like the Monarch Butterfly.
The public is invited to learn more about upcoming Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) road improvements in the Courthouse Road area of Stafford County on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
A design public hearing will be held on the proposed Interstate 95/Courthouse Road Interchange Relocation project. This project would reconstruct the existing interchange at Exit 140 as a diverging diamond interchange (DDI). The intersection of Courthouse Road and Route 1 would be moved south to align with Hospital Center Boulevard.
Pope Francis’ arrival in Washington this week will prompt changes to the Interstate 95 EZ-Pass Express Lanes.
Here’s what they told us:
Crews need to repair a pipe that carries a natural stream underneath Pageland Lane, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Here’s detail in a press release: