The Virginia Department of Transportation opened the new fourth lane of I-95 south today. Motorists will noticed shortened travel times on a six-mile stretch from Springfield to Occoquan just in time for holiday travelers on the Independence Day weekend. This lane is the last section of the I-95 Widening Project to open.
“Motorists will notice the time savings immediately. “said VDOT project manager H.S. Warraich.
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The automobile advocacy group says gas prices nearly a $1 more than a year ago will prompt a 1.8 percent decline in the number of drivers on the road this upcoming three-day holiday weekend.
“While gas prices have eased slightly since their peak in May, the extra 80 cents per gallon drivers face will be enough to keep the number of travelers on the road from topping last year’s numbers, which were the second-highest seen in the past five years,” said Anderson. “Travel during the Independence Day holiday has shown significant variability during the past five years, as the overall economic downturn and recovery have contributed to large swings in holiday travelers.”
Woodbridge, Va. — Katie and Nick Gregory are going places this summer by way of OmniLink.
PRTC representatives will be available at Potomac Mills mall today from noon until 4 p.m. selling the bus passes for $25 per pass –– a $5 savings off the regular price.
The pass is good for unlimited rides on OmniLink buses in Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park from now until Sept. 3.
A concrete median is scheduled to be installed today as part of the project to widen Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) to four lanes at Joshua Road. The median will be in place between Joshua and Furnace roads and will limit driver’s ability to make turns in oncoming traffic.
A new left turn lane will be will be installed on the westbound portion of Va. 610 for drivers that want to turn onto Christopher Drive, entering St. George’s subdivision. The new median will bar drivers from making left turns from westbound Va. 610 onto Woodleigh Lane, said Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kelly Hannon.
Motorists will soon enjoy shorter travel times from Prince William County into Fairfax County after the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) opens an additional northbound lane of Interstate 95 across the Occoquan River on Friday, June 17.
This portion of the northbound lanes stretches 2.5 miles from Route 123 to the Route 1. It is part of the final phase of the I-95 widening project.
Each person arrested violated state laws governing the High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, police said.
The arrests come as officers set out to crack down on HOV violators as part of Capital Region HOV Awareness Day.
The CEO of Transurban, one of the two contractors that has won the bid to build toll lanes between North Stafford and Edsall Road, told an Australian newspaper the company intends to pull out if the project is delayed once more due to a lengthy environmental review process, the Washington Examiner reports.
The project was delayed some 18 months while County Supervisors sued the state and federal governments citing a categorical exemption that allowed the lanes to be built without a proper environmental review.
Stafford County, Va. –– A fire truck from the Brooke Fire Department and a Stafford County fire and rescue ambulance were the first vehicles to cross a new bridge as it opened Tuesday in Stafford.
