PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The effort to add toll lanes to a 29-mile stretch of highway in Northern Virginia is entering its final phase.
Construction crews plan to work day and night over the next six months to put the finishing touches on the 95 Express Lanes, converting the High Occupany Vehicle lanes from Dumfries to the Pentagon to toll lanes, and adding new lanes from Dumfries south to North Stafford.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Road crews this weekend will do more paving work on Staffordboro Boulevard to improve the roadway that runs alongside an improved commuter lot just off Garrisonville Road (Va. 610).
Here’s in a press release:
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Starting today, drivers on Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) buses will pay closer mind to their surroundings.
The transit agency responsible for transporting commuters from Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park to points in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. on weekdays, has heightened their security.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — You’ll soon be able to catch a bus from Prince William County to Metro’s new Silver Line serving Tysons Corner. With the change, PRTC will no longer serve the Vienna or West Falls Church stations on Metro’s Orange Line.
Here’s more in a statement from the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission:
MANASSAS, Va. — Construction crews working in the area of Prince William Parkway and Va. 28 struck a gas line.
Police have a ramp from the parkway to Va. 28 closed at this hour and traffic in the area is slowed. There’s no word yet on how long the repair will take.
DALE CITY, Va. — A 46-year-old man from Fredericksburg was late Saturday when his car ran off Interstate 95 at Dale City.
Here’s more in a statement from Virginia State Police:
Police officers on highways in Maryland and Virginia cracked down on HOV violators again this week.
A total of 377 drivers were issued first-time offenses for illegally using express lanes. Seven drivers were issues their second offense and 1 driver nabbed their third one.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A new Virginia Railway Express station in Prince William County, and improvements to two stations in Stafford County are coming thanks, in part, to a private developer building the Potomac Shores neighborhood near Dumfries.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — The donation of a home could lead to a better, safer U.S. 1.
Stafford County leaders are expected to learn more this week about a home at 3298 Jefferson Davis Highway in North Stafford. The home on the corner of U.S. 1 and Woodstock Lane is owned by Janet Borden, and the total property is valued at $114,300, according to county documents.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — It’s been 10 years since a Virginia Railway Express train rolled on the 4th of July.
This year, VRE trains will once again bring passengers from Virginia to Washington’s Union Station so they can attend the National Mall Independence Day Celebration, which offers the area’s most spectacular fireworks show, or A Capitol Fourth concert to be held on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol.
