Traffic
Weather permitting, at 11 p.m. Friday night, August 15, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will close the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes on I-395/95 from the Washington D.C., line to the end at Dumfries Road (Route 234) until 8 a.m. Saturday, August 16, and again on Saturday night at 11 p.m. until 8 a.m., Sunday morning, August 17. The closures are needed for overnight construction on the 95 Express Lanes Project.
Schedule of HOV hours of operation:
Flash flooding is occurring on roadways across the region.
A week after Gov. Terry McAuliffe broke ground for a new Virginia Railway Express station in Woodbridge, construction of another station is about to begin in Spotsylvania.
Here’s the latest information form Virginia Railway Express:
HAYMARKET, Va. — The bridge that carries traffic over Interstate 66 at Haymarket will soon be demolished, and the Virginia Department of Transportation wants you to know what their plans are for that stretch of road.
More in a press release:
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Drivers on Shelton Shop Road in North Stafford were turned around by sheriff’s authorities on Wednesday.
The driver of a tractor trailer apparently misjudged how much space he had on the small two-lane road when he tried to turn around.
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — If your commute takes you to the Franconia-Springfield Parkway in Fairfax County, get ready for some changes to be made near the entrance to the HOV lanes entrance over the next few weeks.
Here’s more in a press release from VDOT:
The Washington Redskins will take on the New England Patriots on Thursday at FedEx Field in Maryland.
The pre-season game will undoubtedly draw fans from across the region, and those fans will be able to take Metro to and from the game. The public transit service says trains on the Blue line that serves the Franconia-Springfield Metro stop, will run an hour longer Thursday night.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Trucks have been banned on a neighborhood street in the Falmouth area of Stafford County.
Here’s the latest information from the Virginia Department of Transportation:
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STAFFORD, Va. — Cord Sterling is no longer on Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board where he oversaw funding for many road projects in and around Fredericksburg.