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.
Traffic
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.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. –– A better U.S. 1 between Stafford and Prince William counties – they’re studying the possibility.
Federal officials want to hear from the public by Friday on plans to improve the four-lane highway corridor of U.S. 1 between Telegraph Road in Stafford County and Joplin Road in Prince William County. The portion of roadway is highly trafficked by those who work in and around Quantico Marine Corps Base.
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UPDATE 8 a.m.
Virginia State Police were called to a two-vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of I-95 at the 138 mm in Stafford County that occurred at 11:30 pm. A 2006 Honda CRV was northbound in the left lane when it lost control and ran off the right side of I-95. The Honda then overcorrected and struck a northbound tractor-trailer in the center lane of I-95. The impact caused the tractor-trailer to jackknife and block all three northbound lanes. Meanwhile, the Honda continued on and struck a guardrail before finally coming to rest on the right shoulder.
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – The project to convert Interstate 95’s HOV lanes to toll lanes brings with it more closures starting Monday.