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I-95 flyover planned for North Stafford in first phase of HOT lanes project Date published: 3/14/2008
The evening commute to Stafford County on Interstate 95 could speed up under a plan to build a flyover to funnel carpool traffic onto Garrisonville Road.
Starting in late 2010 or 2011, carpool lanes in what is now the I-95 median could extend beyond Dumfries, where existing High Occupancy Vehicle lanes end. Drivers could use those lanes years before the entire High Occupancy Toll lane project is finished, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. That nine-mile extension will carry HOV traffic and toll-paying vehicles. Vehicles with one or two occupants will pay a toll to use the lanes, while vehicles with three or more occupants can use the lanes for free. A new right lane will be built on I-95 south so traffic can exit at Garrisonville Road, Exit 143, by flyover. "In my mind, that's a major accomplishment," said Stafford Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer, one of several Stafford officials who pushed for an early extension of the carpool lanes. Dudenhefer and others do not want HOV traffic to merge into the left lane of I-95. The current HOV lane merges into the left lane of I-95 south at Dumfries creating a bottleneck. Virginia has an interim agreement to build toll lanes on I-95 with two private companies, Fluor Virginia Inc. and Transurban (USA) Development Inc. the toll project Fluor-Transurban will add a third lane to the current 28-mile HOV corridor running from the Pentagon to Dumfries, and build two new lanes in the center of the interstate another 28 miles from Dumfries to the Massaponax area in Spotsylvania County. The Federal Highway Administration decided the dividing point between the project's two halves was Dumfries. This distinction was needed for the federally required environmental reviews. The northern half will be built first. The southern end will not be finished until 2014. That concerned Stafford supervisors, who did not want to wait for the more complicated environmental review of the southern half to be finished before Stafford had HOV access. So Fluor-Transurban agreed to extend two toll lanes from Dumfries to just north of Exit 150/Joplin Road as part of the northern project.
Ya just never know what some people are thinkin on these
posts. Have a great day!
I completely agree!! That was sort of my point... in a somewhat sarcastic way.
salaries of every occupation. It's not how this country works -
thank God.
I checked on the cost to compete funding-- Stafford County DOES NOT pick up 75%. The 25% funding for the cost to compete comes from the state as ADDITIONAL funding for schools for this region, to compete with NOVA. Your statement either is to mislead or just rhetoric you seem to spew sometimes in small sound bites. You should run for office!
if you are going to raise the pay for teachers, don't stop there... bring EVERYONE up to the pay level of N. VA workers. Everyone.. construction workers, white collar, trash men. technical,.. every occupation. Put it in that context, and maybe you'll see how silly your 'request' is...
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