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Pedestrian killed on Va. 234

Published October 15, 2010 at 8:25AM | Updated October 15, 2010 at 4:31PM

Correction: Police said the driver of a white box truck in which investigators believe struck a pedestrian who died this morning at a commuter lot on Va. 234 in Dumfries may have done so without knowing he struck the victim. Police are still looking for the driver, whom they believe could provide investigators more information on the crash.

Update 11: 20 a.m. – Police said Va. 234 near Dumfries has been reopened in both directions following a pedestrian being struck and killed there this morning.

Expect longer Metro hours Sunday

By Potomac Local News

Published October 15, 2010 at 4:00AM

From press release –

Metrorail will stay open an additional hour on Sunday, Oct. 17, to accommodate the crowds expected to attend the Washington Redskins game at FedEx Field. The organizers have paid Metro in advance to keep Metrorail open for an extra hour and so the system will close at 1 a.m. on Oct. 18.

Few faces, fewer answers appear at Stafford HOT lanes meeting

By Potomac Local News

Published October 13, 2010 at 8:14AM | Updated October 21, 2010 at 7:03PM

VDOT hosted the event to allow citizens to view documents, maps, drawings, and reports that comprise the EA for the Interstate 95 HOT Lanes corridor.

The opportunity session was listed on the VDOT web site and public notices have been published in area newspapers.

HOT lanes to be a topic at North Stafford meeting

By Potomac Local News

Published October 11, 2010 at 11:16AM

The meeting will be held from 4:30 until 7:30 p.m. at Moncure Elementary School, off Va. 610 in North Stafford.

The southern portion of the proposed toll lanes would be constructed between Dumfries and Massaponax in Spotsylvania County. The northern portion of the lanes would replace the existing High Occupancy Vehicle lanes, between Dumfries and the Pentagon. (more…)

Stalled frieght train affects commute

By Potomac Local News

Published October 7, 2010 at 6:31PM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 10:01PM

Woodbridge, Va. –– Passengers onboard a stopped Virginia Railway Express have been told to get off at on the far track at the Rippon station.

VRE’s Fredericksburg line train had to work its way around a stalled freight train south of Woodbridge Thursday afternoon, said VRE spokesman Mark Roeber.

D.C. forces slugs from 14th Street

By Potomac Local News

Published October 7, 2010 at 12:20AM | Updated May 24, 2011 at 3:15PM

(File) An OmniRide commuter bus bound for Dale City stops at 14th Street and New York Avenue in Downtown Washington and picks up about 20 passengers as slugs looked on.

Washington –– Tensions rose Tuesday afternoon when Lake Ridge commuters were told they could no longer slug from a busy street in Downtown Washington.

About 15 slugs – commuters who ride in cars of three or more passengers so they can use High Occupancy Vehicle lanes on Interstate 95 and 395 – were handed fliers from the Washington, D.C. Department of Transportation, stating they could no longer stand and wait to be picked up on 14^thStreet, between H Street and New York Avenue.

Mall ramps up commuter parking enforcement

By Potomac Local News

Published October 6, 2010 at 2:00AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 9:09PM

Commuters on Tuesday were greeted with yellow cones and barriers as they tried to park at a crowded parking lot at Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge. (File)

Woodbridge Va. –– Those who arrived at the Potomac Mills mall commuter lot after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday were met with cones and barriers, and many were forced to park their cars elsewhere.

Members of the mall’s security force were out Tuesday corralling commuters, whom in recent days have apparently taken up more spaces than the mall allows.

New slug line starts Oct. 19

By Potomac Local News

Published October 5, 2010 at 6:45AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 9:35PM

Commuters use a busy Interstate 95 near Woodbridge on a weekday morning. (Mary Davidson)

Woodbridge, Va. –– Commuters can rejoice as a new slug line to Alexandria starts Oct. 19.

Slug-lines.com in their quarterly newsletter announced the new slug line, which for the first time will take commuters directly to Alexandria.

U.S. 1 re-pavement project to finish in early Nov.

By Potomac Local News

Published October 5, 2010 at 12:30AM | Updated May 23, 2011 at 11:10PM

Fairfax County, Va. –– A large stretch of U.S. 1 near Ft. Belvoir now being repaved should be finished by early next month, officials said.

The 8-mile, $3.3 million project will see the re-pavement of the road surface between Mount Eagle Drive and Backlick Road in south Fairfax County comes as more than 20,000 jobs are expected to relocate to Ft. Belvoir by September 2011.

6 injured in 95 crash, truck driver charged

By Potomac Local News

Published October 4, 2010 at 10:22PM

Virginia State Police trooper E.D. Brown Jr., 30, was injured in a crash Monday that sent him and five others to the hospital. (VSP)

The crash happened about 1 p.m. at mile post 159 on Interstate 95, just north of Prince William Parkway, and forced the closure of the highway for more than an hour Monday afternoon.

At all started when a white Mercedes driven by Thanh Tam Thi Phan, 39, of Woodbridge, broke down in the right shoulder of the highway, said VSP spokeswoman Corinne Geller.