Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9, community leaders and residents of Prince William County will gather for a significant milestone in local infrastructure development. U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, representing Virginia’s 7th congressional district, will join Prince William County officials for a press conference marking the securing of $2.5 million in funding for an interchange at Minnieville Road and Prince William Parkway.
Recently signed into law, the funding is earmarked for constructing an interchange and other enhancements at the intersection of Minnieville Road and Prince William Parkway.
The event, scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from 10 to 10:30 a.m., will occur at the James J. McCoart Administration Building Plaza, located at 1 County Complex Court in Woodbridge, Virginia.
The project’s focal point is the establishment of a Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI) at the Minnieville Road and Prince William Parkway intersection. This infrastructure development aims to alleviate traffic congestion, enhance safety measures, improve accessibility and connectivity, and bolster regional economic initiatives.
Additionally, the allocated funds will support the construction of sidewalks and trail segments, contributing to pedestrian and cyclist safety while enhancing their mobility options within the community.
Spanberger’s efforts underscore a collaborative approach between federal and local authorities to address critical infrastructure needs, reflecting a commitment to advancing the well-being and prosperity of Prince William County residents.
Prince William County told its residents Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.7th) will be in Woodbridge On Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
It’s the latest stop for Spanberger, who is on a regional tour presenting ceremonial checks with her congressional office logo and doling out federal funds for transportation projects. Last week, Spanbeger presented a ceremonial check for $1.7 million to Stafford County supervisors.
The Board of County Supervisors is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. Hear the agenda for that meeting.
Here’s the alert the county executive’s office sent to residents:
Members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors may attend a ceremony hosted by Congresswoman Spanberger to present officials with a $2.5 million check for the Minnieville Road – Prince William Parkway Interchange Project as part of the FY24 congressionally directed spending package on Tuesday, April 9.
Date
Tuesday, April 9Time
10:00 a.m.Location
Sean T. Connaughton Plaza
1 County Complex Court
Prince William, VA 22192Please note that no votes will be taken at the event and County business will not be transacted.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) was in Stafford County on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, to tout her efforts to bring federal dollars to the district.
At a press conference at the county movement center, orchestrated by Spanberger's office, said a county spokeswoman, Spanberger announced $1.7 million in transportation funding for the region.
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Delegate Ian Lovejoy (R-22, Prince William County) was one of the few Virginia lawmakers who passed any new legislation on fentanyl. This deadly drug kills four to five Virginians a day.
The bill, awaiting Governor Glenn Youngkin’s signature, standardizes how children. “We’re seeing fentanyl dig deeper and earlier and younger into the school system.
More than 1,500 children and teenagers under the age of 20 died from fentanyl in 2021, four times as many as in 2018, reported Science News in April 2023.
Despite that fact, Democrats in Richmond aren’t doing much to combat the deaths, said Lovejoy.
“Democrats are afraid to add new crimes to the books because they don’t want to piss off their base,” said Lovejoy. “No laws got stricter about any crimes. No new crimes were created. We only weakened offenses in the code.”
On Tuesday, Abigail Spanberger (D-Va., 7th. Prince William, Stafford, Fredericksburg) joined Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham in Woodbridge to warn about the dangers of smoking fentanyl through a straw, which is an increasing number of people who consume the drug way of using the drug, reports Insidenova.com.
Spanberger used the press conference to which Potomac Local was not invited to talk about her new bill, Dubbed the Targeting Online Sales of Fentanyl Act. The bill would require the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate the methods used to enable the online sale of fentanyl and assess efforts by federal law enforcement and online providers to combat the practice.
Lovejoy said Spanberger toured the halls of the Virginia Capital multiple times during the 2024 General Assembly session, which ended March 9, and notes she failed to lobby any Democrats in the House to pass new legislation combating fentanyl.
In addition to curbing fentanyl use, Democrats failed to strengthen the penalties for drug dealers whose fentanyl kills its users. A Senate bill that would have upped the charge to felony homicide died in the Senate Courts of Justice Committee, with local Democrats Scott Surrovell (Fairfax) and Jennifer Carroll Foy (Prince William County) voting to kill it.
“I think that’s when she should have sat down with her democratic colleagues and said, ‘We need to move the ball forward on meaningful fentanyl legislation.’ She could have been very public about it, signaling that she wants and supports more aggressive fentanyl legislation, and she was mute on all those issues,” said Lovejoy.
Lovejoy, a freshman in the House of Delegates and the only Republican Delegate in Northern Virginia agreed to a wide-ranging interview about his first General Assembly session. We’ll bring more of that to you in the coming days.
During her monthly “Virginia-Focused Town Hall” Wednesday night, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D – Va. 7, Prince William, Stafford, Spotsylvania) faced challenging questions from constituents across the district.
Of utmost importance, the representative said, was averting a partial government shutdown, a move that Congress passed just a day later ahead of the January 19 deadline.
“Even the threat of the government shutdown hurts the small businesses, hurts the contractors, hurts the federal employees - certainly across Virginia and certainly across the 7th District,” Spanberger said Wednesday. “…It impacts our economy in Virginia, and we need to be doing appropriations bills on time.”
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The Board wrapped up its calendar year at its Dec. 5, 2023 meeting, when it approved a new school naming policy that clarified for whom the county will name new schools, putting stricter guardrails naming facilities after relatives of school board members.
According to the policy, “relative' shall mean a board member’s spouse, child, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, first cousin, a person to whom the board member is engaged to be married, his or her spouse’s parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, step-parent, step-grandparent, step-grandchild, step-brother, or step-sister; brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law."
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D, Va. 7th) press release: "U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to authorize U.S. Department of Defense funding levels, increase troop pay, and help set the nation’s defense priorities."
"The House-passed fiscal year 2024 (FY24) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a 5.2 percent pay increase for U.S. servicemembers. Additionally, the bill includes two Spanberger-led provisions to crack down on dangerous fentanyl trafficking by transnational criminal organizations and modernize the United States’ security classification system."
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Stafford County Government: "Congresswoman Spanberger is holding office hours at the Gov. Center next week on Tues., Dec. 12, from 10 am to noon. Come get help with things like veterans affairs, Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds, and more."
The Democrat announced she will run in 2025 to become Virginia's next governor, aiming to replace Glenn Youngkin, who cannot run for reelection, per state law. Virginia is the only state in the U.S. that prevents its governor from running for a second term.
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D, Va. -- Prince William, Stafford, Fredericksburg): "Across Virginia, USPS serves as a vital lifeline. Virginians rely on a strong USPS to deliver not just seasonal cards and heartfelt gifts, but also lifesaving medications and important customer orders. Since we relaunched our USPS survey last week, more than 1,200 Virginians have shared stories — of essential medicines getting lost in the mail, payments to business owners or goods to customers not arriving, late fees being charged when bills arrive past-due or payments are delayed in transit, and so much more."
