October 23, 2020 at 1:15pm
The Virginia Department of Transportation is planning bridge rehabilitation work over Sugarland Run this weekend, causing lane closures on westbound Route 7.
Only one lane on westbound Route 7 will be open from 10 p.m. today (Friday) to 3 a.m. Monday (Oct. 26), according to a statement from VDOT.
The following lanes of westbound Route 7 will be closed Friday night to Monday morning (October 23-26), if weather permits, and drivers are encouraged to take alternate routes:
Fairfax County Parkway (Route 286)
Dranesville Road (Route 228)
Bridge rehabilitation work over Sugarland Run
HERNDON – The two left lanes of westbound Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) Fairfax County Parkway (Route 286) and Dranesville Road (Route 228) will be closed (weather permitting) Friday night, Oct. 23 to Monday morning, Oct. 26 for work related to the Route 7 Westbound over Sugarland Run bridge rehabilitation project, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
One matter is where a New River Valley station will be located.
Work led by the New River Valley Regional Commission recommended some years ago a spot near the Christiansburg Aquatic Center off of North Franklin Street, and the town bought land in that area primarily for that purpose. But a few people close to the passenger rail extension project now say itâs highly unlikely that will happen.
The stateâs approximately $257 million investment into the Western Rail Initiativeâthe program that covers the planned return of passenger rail to the New River Valley and the upcoming addition of another train from Roanoke to Washington D.C.âincludes the acquisition of right of way and track from Norfolk Southern Railway for just under 29 miles of the Virginian Line from the Salem Crossovers to Merrimac.
It was a Sunday afternoon, about 2:30, and traffic was crawling through the Fredericksburg area.
On northbound Interstate 95, the train of vehicles stretched as far as the eye could see. The backup started north of Fredericksburg and ran south to Thornburg, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
On northbound U.S. 1, a line of cars stretched from the stoplight at the U.S. 17 and Butler Road intersection, across the Falmouth Bridge to the Cowan Boulevard area.
Traffic backed up on side streets along U.S. 1, too, as drivers navigated the clogged arteries.
And the summer travel season hasnât even started yet. Memorial Day weekend, and the end of the month, is the traditional start of the travel season.
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It will be a few days before things get back to normal in Virginia, even after Colonial Pipeline has restarted its operations following a cyberattack that forced its systems offline last week.
Virginia has felt the effects of the attack in the form of gas shortages compounded by a fueling frenzy across the commonwealth.
The Colonial Pipeline delivers about 45% of the fuel used along the Eastern Seaboard. But even when it was shut down, Virginia officials said that there were other lines serving the state three interstate lines and one intrastate pipeline and those were unaffected by the hack, Stacie Neal, director of planning with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, said Thursday during a news briefing.