The westbound direction of this same 13-mile section of express lanes opened on Saturday, November 19. Drivers should use caution when traveling on I-66, as traffic becomes acclimated to the new express lanes and ramps.
Now, the entire 22.5-mile 66 Express Lanes corridor from Route 29 in Gainesville to I-495 will be open with tolling and HOV-2+ rules in effect.
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Today, the commuter railroad operations board met at the OmniRide transit center in Woodbridge for its monthly meeting and discussed the results of its November 2022 ridership survey. The questionnaire asks riders where they live and where they usually board the trains.
According to the data reported today, ridership in Fairfax County (1.2 million population) is down 3%, down 2% in Prince William County (465,000 people), and down by about 1.5% in Stafford County (157,000 population).
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Fairfax Water will test the warning siren on its dam near Occoquan at 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
The siren is used to warn those who live nearby the dams on the Occoquan River in the event of a dam break. Residents in the town of Occoquan and Belmont Bay in Woodbridge would be affected by rising water if the dam broke.
Officials said, "if the dam sounds seek higher ground." The siren is tested frequently.
Occoquan Mayor Earnie porta writes about the upcoming test:
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 16, at 10:00 a.m., when Fairfax Water will once again be testing the Occoquan Dam warning siren.Ā Established in part through funding secured by Congressman Gerry Connolly, the siren is designed to alert people and encourage them to seek higher ground in the highly unlikely event of a massive failure of the high dam that is located approximately a mile to the west of town.
For more information on the dam, the impact zone, and the test itself, -- including how you can expect the siren to sound -- go tohttps://www.fairfaxwater.org/
occoquan-reservoir/occoquan-da m-siren. The dam sits upstream from Occoquan on the Occoquan River. It holds back water on the river to form a drinking water reservoir that serves 1.5 million people in Fairfax and Prince William counties. The reservoir produces more than 17 million gallons of water per day.
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A coffeehouse or a restaurant at the Workhouse Arts Center?Ā
The artisan destination in Lorton says construction work to add these amenities has begun with two campus buildings, W13 and W15. Once completed, the Fairfax County Government will lease these buildings to commercial entities. Workhouse officials also say a brewery could be located in one of the new buildings.
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It's rare for elected officials to speak about happenings outside their jurisdiction.
That's why, this week, when the Fairfax Board of County Supervisors urged the Supervisors in neighboring Prince William County to pump the brakes on the county's most significant economic development project in its history -- the Prince William Digital Gateway, with 2,100 square feet acres for new data centers, an area 15 times the size of Potomac Mills mall -- the action made the news.
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Northbound Route 29 (Lee Highway) will have single-lane closures between White Post Road and Paddington Lane, weather permitting, this Halloween, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, to implement a traffic shift, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
During that time, the northbound Route 29 lanes between White Post Road and Paddington Lane will be shifted to the right to allow work on the left side of the bridge over Cub Run. The lanes are expected to be shifted to the right until later this fall.
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said that thousands of voters receiving incorrect voting information is "unacceptable." Miyares is frustrated with the vendor that made the mistake, said a spokeswoman for his office, Victoria LaCivita.
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Here's a look at two vehicles that overturned on Northern Virginia roads today.
The first is an overturned camper on Interstate 95 south, at milepost 138 in Stafford County, at about 1:30 p.m.
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If you've got business at or near the Fairfax County Government Center, charges are coming to a popular exit ramp from Interstate 66.
Crews working to build E-ZPass Express Lanes are preparing to close the ramps at Monument Drive and Stringfellow Road. As early as Monday, October 24, the ramps to I-66 East from Monument Drive and Stringfellow Road will close.
