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Boswells Corner Road Work Ramps Up, Residents say Flooding at Homes Persists

NORTH STAFFORD, Va. -- A new bridge on Telegraph Road means drivers can get to work faster, and it has also led to more flooding at homes along the two-lane road.

Each time it rains, homeowners say water rushes into yards located next to a new bridge that carries drivers on Telegraph Road in North Stafford's Boswell's Corner from U.S. 1 to the large Russell-Knox Building on Quantico Marine Corps Base. The reconstructed bridge opened in March after being closed for nine months. It was rebuilt to accommodate new high occupancy toll lanes on Interstate 95 that runs beneath it.

"Under my house is horrible,” said Ola Jackson, 63, whose lived in the house all her life.

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