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Sidewalk replaces ‘goat path’ at Dale City Farmers Market

By Local News

(PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY GOVERNMENT) — A small gathering, including Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-Large Ann Wheeler and Neabsco District Supervisor Victor Angry, Prince William County staff, and the public, met recently for a ribbon cutting at a new sidewalk along Gemini Way.

According to Prince William County Department of Transportation Director Rick Canizales, a new sidewalk running along Gemini Way, which cuts the corner between Minnieville Road and Dale Boulevard, replaced a “goat path” worn into the grass from people walking along the side of the road.

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Prince William, regional officials break ground on jug handle intersection

By Potomac Local News
Prince William County Transportation Director Rick Canizales and Supervisor Jeanine Lawson [Photo: Prince William County]

The project, near the George Mason University Science and Technology Campus near Manassas, is a quadrant intersection that resembles a jughandle when viewed from above, that will create a new roadway connecting Prince William Parkway to University Boulevard, where it connects with Discovery Boulevard.

The project will eliminate left turns at the Prince William Parkway and University Boulevard intersection to reduce the number of signal phases and improve throughput along Prince William Parkway.

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California man struck, killed in warehouse district near Manassas

By Potomac Local News

Updated Thursday, September 29, 2022 — A man was struck and killed while walking in a roadway near Manassas, police said.

On Tuesday, September 27 at 8:02 p.m., investigators with the Crash Investigation Unit responded to the area of Balls Ford Road, near Coppermine Drive near Manassas, to investigate a crash involving a pedestrian.

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I-95 overnight closures, height restrictions start tonight

By Potomac Local News

Interstate 95 travelers can expect overnight delays over the next two weeks in the Fredericksburg area for bridge work as part of the 95 E-ZPass Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.

Starting tonight, crews will begin to lift and install bridge beams for a replacement American Legion Road overpass. This overpass is at mile marker 138 in Stafford County, which is between exit 140 (Courthouse Road) and exit 136 (Centreport Parkway).

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Tolls for new I-66 E-ZPass lanes begin Saturday, Sept. 24

By Press Release

Riding the E-ZPass Express Lanes will cost you as the grace period ends.

The Virginia Department of Transportation and I-66 Express Mobility Partners (EMP), builders of the I-66 E-ZPass Express Lanes, will institute the tolling and HOV rules as planned on Saturday, Sept. 24, on the recently opened western section of 66 Express Lanes.

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Opinion: NVTA regional transportation plan unaffordable and ineffective

By Letters to the Editor

Prior to midnight Monday, September 19 comment deadline, twelve non-profit organizations submitted a joint letter urging the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to reject its proposed $76 Billion TransAction 2045 long-range transportation plan.

In our view, TransAction is unaffordable and ineffective and takes the region in the wrong direction. It represents a stapling together of local wishlists and not the results of a bottom-up alternatives analysis.

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$24 million quadrant intersection work to begin at Parkway, University

By Potomac Local News

On Tuesday, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) is joining the Prince William County Department of Transportation to celebrate the start of construction on the Prince William Parkway and University Boulevard Intersection Improvements Project.

The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission will fund the regionally significant project with a total investment of nearly $24 million.

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I-95 overnight closures, height restrictions start next week

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Interstate 95 travelers can expect overnight delays over the next two weeks in the Fredericksburg area for bridge work as part of the 95 E-ZPass Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.

Next week, crews will begin to lift and install bridge beams for a replacement American Legion Road overpass. This overpass is at mile marker 138 in Stafford County, which is between exit 140 (Courthouse Road) and exit 136 (Centreport Parkway).

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County leaders approve design for $53 million tower, call it future of parking in Prince William

By Potomac Local News
An artists rendering of a new Neabsco parking garage presented in 2019.

Prince William County will spend $53 million on a new parking tower in Woodbridge.

On Tuesday, September 20, county leaders approved the final design for the seven-story, 1,400-space parking garage to sit between Wegmans grocery store and Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center.

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