"The improvements ... are pretty dramatic," Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta Jr. said at a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. "This has a lot of advantages for us both in terms of the way it directs traffic as well as the safety for pedestrians."
Prince William County, the town, and the Virginia Department of Transportation, or VDOT, collaborated on the project along Mill Street between Washington and Ellicott streets. Updates to the area will improve pedestrian safety, accessibility and connectivity. The project included five crosswalks and nine ramps with detectable warning domes that comply with the American with Disabilities Act.
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