A small concrete island blocking the flow of three travel lanes on Prince William Parkway will be moved.
With nothing more than a crosswalk signal on it today, the concrete island stands in the way of drivers and Prince William County transportation planners who would prefer to have three continuous travel lanes on eastbound Prince William Parkway at Minnieville Road in Woodbridge.
Ongoing work on widening a portion of the parkway -- from Minnieville Road to Old Bridge Road -- will be completed next week. But that project didn't address the island, whichprevented the county from building three continuous lanes of traffic on Prince William Parkway across Minnieville Road.
The about-to-be-completed widening work on Prince William Parkway widened the road to six lanes east and west, up from four. Drivers headed east in the newly added right lane must turn right onto Minnieville Road and cannot continue straight onto Prince William Parkway, as the lane ends.
Drivers in the center and left lanes may continue toward Potomac Mills mall.
Prince William County Transportation spokesman Rick Canizales said there wasn't enough money in the soon-to-be-completed widening project to move the concrete island -- which is very important to traffic flow.
"If we didn't have that island there, it would cause Minnieville Road to become very congested," he said.
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