Abells Road News Today

Finchs Road on Ballarat's outskirts to be widened and fully sealed due to increasing traffic. Safety barriers and new lanes planned.

Finchs Road on Ballarat's outskirts to be widened and fully sealed due to increasing traffic. Safety barriers and new lanes planned.

Finchs Road on Ballarat's outskirts to be widened and fully sealed due to increasing traffic. Safety barriers and new lanes planned.

Finchs Road on Ballarat's outskirts to be widened and fully sealed due to increasing traffic. Safety barriers and new lanes planned.

Interstate 95 north is closed near Bells Road in Richmond after a tractor-trailer spilled nails and other trash on the busy interstate, according to state police.

First his house started shaking, then came the sound — like a vacuum or a hairdryer — coupled with bright lights and the beep, beep, beeping of trucks. And it goes on 24 hours a day. John Knight and his neighbors in Croatan didn’t expect the work related to Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project would be so disruptive. Now, they’re wishing they had tried to stop it.

Large, clunky machines are drilling nine holes in the ground and laying pipe on the rifle range at State Military Reservation, formerly Camp Pendleton. Cables transmitting energy from Dominion's wind turbine farm will land there.

Police said that from Bells Road to Louisa Avenue, both directions are closed and they say there is a heavy police presence. The crash happened just after 6 a.m.

Oceana Boulevard is closed in both directions from Bells Road to Louisa Avenue while VBPD investigates an accident that occurred earlier this morning, police said.

Heading into the first day of October 2019, events around the capital city include a morning walk, evening hike and a bike ride with Muscle Powered, a historic talk about Frank Sinatras gaming license at Lake Tahoe, a "Think Pink" breast cancer awareness event at Reds Old 395 Grill, a showing of the film classic "Charade" at the Brewery Arts Cent