UPDATE
All lanes have been reopened after a truck spilled sewage on U.S. 1.
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Traffic
If you’re driving the Capital Beltway from Springfield to Tysons Corner tomorrow, your commute is going to look much different.
The 495 Express Lanes — those High Occupancy Toll or HOT lanes we’ve been hearing about for so long — opened for the first time on Saturday to traffic. That means those with three or more inside a vehicle can ride the lanes for free with an E-Z Pass Flex transponder. Single drivers must pay a toll to use the lanes, and can use a traditional E-Z Pass or E-Z Pass Flex.
FAIRFAX COUINTY, Va. — Doing some early holiday shopping at Tysons Corner Center mall today? You’ll be able for the first time to use the 495 Express Lanes.
The $1.4 billion project that began in 2008 is officially open as of today. But you’ll need an E-Z Pass Flex transponder in your car to use the lanes or you’ll be fined.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Santa will ride the rails once again this year on Virginia Railway Express’ Fredericksburg Line.
But a Civil War reenactment in Fredericksburg will bring changes to where children and families board the trains.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — The project to improve Old Bridge Road at Harbor Drive in Lake Ridge will be completed faster than originally planned.
Prince William Occoquan District Supervisor Mike May states the Virginia Department of Transportation could complete the work by the end of the year – not in April as was scheduled.
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Many drivers follow the unspoken rule, besides to confirm their destination and maybe bid farewell to their passengers at the end of the ride. But every once in a while, slug riders will encounter a chatty driver.
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UPDATE 11 a.m.
Two people were taken to a local hospital with injuries that did not appear life threatening after a crash on I-95’s HOV lanes.
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — New express lanes on the Capital Beltway between Springfield and Tysons Corner are slated to open Nov. 17 – earlier than expected, according to Virginia transportation officials.
Those same officials now urge drivers to get familiar with those lanes and how they work, and to know what you’ll need to use the tolled lanes for a faster commute.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Training exercises in and around Quantico Marine Corps Base can often rattle windows.
Now, with the construction of express lanes on Interstate 95 from Dumfries to North Stafford, crews warn it may get even louder.
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SLUG TALES
Running late is the worst feeling.