NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — It’s raining, it’s pouring, and the work to repave Staffordboro Boulevard ahead of a project to add 1,000 new commuter parking spaces to at adjacent Staffordboro commuter lot next to Stafford Marketplace mall is postponed.
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Update 12:20 p.m.
A woman from Bronx, N.Y. was killed this morning in a crash on Interstate 95 north.
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Virginia Railway Express is running normal service today, Oct. 2, 2o13.
Update 8 a.m.
The crash has been cleared from the road, police said. There were no reports of any serious injuries.
![Drivers headed south on U.S. 29 in Gainesville now use an elevated bridge to cross train tracks. The new separated interchange is expected to stop frequent train vs. car collisions in the area. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/092413-gainesville-intersec-600x332.jpg)
GAINESVILLE, Va. — Commuters, shoppers, school buses, and freight trains used to converge at U.S. 29 in Gainesville.
For years the mix of travelers, and a growing population in western Prince William County, made the intersection problematic for not only drivers, but also for Prince William’s finest.
MANASSAS, Va. — The Bi-County Parkway debate now has the attention of a congressman from Utah.
Rep. Rob Bishop, R, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Education, and represents Utah’s First Congressional District, requested the National Park Service not sign a programmatic agreement for the proposed Bi-County Parkway until the subcommittee had a chance to review it.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va .– Two major thoroughfares inside Manassas National Battlefield Park, Va. 234 and U.S. 29, will not close until a bypass road around the hallowed ground is built.
That was a resolution first passed by Prince William County officials in the middle portion of the past decade and reaffirmed Tuesday afternoon by the sitting Board of County Supervisors in 6-2 vote.
More than 1,000 drivers on Virginia highways were cited for speeding over the weekend.
Virginia State Police fanned out across Interstates 95, 81, 85, and 64 for a special “Operation Air, Land, and Speed” enforcement.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Paving work at Staffordboro Boulevard in North Stafford is scheduled to take place over the next two weekends.
It’s part of a $12.9 million project to improve the intersection of the road with Va. 610, and to add an additional 1,000 commuter parking spaces at the Staffordboro commuter lot.
Virginia State Police are gearing up for a statewide enforcement of Interstate highways. They’ll do it, in part, on Saturday from the sky.
The law enforcement agency will conduct its latest Operation Air, Land & Speed traffic safety campaign. On Saturday, they’ll be watching closely drivers on I-95, 81, 85, and 64 for the one-day event. A total of 870 miles of highway will be covered by the stepped-up enforcement.
