Update on the Gholson Bridge Project

"The Brunswick County Board of Supervisors received an update from Tommy Johnson, assistant residency administrator, South Hill Residency, Virginia Department of Transportation, on the Gholson Bridge, on Iron Bridge Road. The bridge, which crosses the Meherrin River, is listed for replacement in the Virginia Department of Transportation FY2014-2019 Six Year Improvement Program. In September the supervisors adopted a resolution to save the bridge. The Town of Lawrenceville also adopted a similar resolution."~Sylvia Allen, Brunswick Times Gizette

Delays with Silver Line

Northern Virginia
The Metro Silver Line
"The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is again pushing back its expected completion date for construction of the new Silver Line through Tysons Corner."
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Greene County

“Construction crews are in the final weeks of transforming the streets of downtown Stanardsville. The town's streetscape project is more than half way done and work is set to wrap up by the end of the month… Workers are installing new street lighting, benches and crosswalks, and trees and landscaping. The project cost about $800,000. A VDOT grant funded 80 percent of the cost. The other 20 percent came from community contributions. Mayor Gary Lowe says property owners have been supportive through the construction process.”

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Toll Opponents File Petition

Hampton Roads

"It wasn't the tolls per se that violated the state's constitution, but the profit they will generate for a private company.

That's the gist of the argument that opponents of the Midtown Tunnel project are using to try to get the Supreme Court of Virginia to take another look at their case.

The plaintiffs filed a petition for a rehearing on Tuesday, less than four weeks after the Supreme Court unanimously issued a ruling that cleared the way for tolling of the Midtown and Downtown tunnels to begin Feb. 1. They cannot appeal the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court because there is no federal issue in play."

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~Writes David Forster from the Virginia Pilot

Funding for Silver Line in Loudon County

Loudoun County

"Loudoun's Board of Supervisors in the months ahead must decide whether to pursue a federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to help contain costs associated with Metro's Silver Line extension into Loudoun County."

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Board to decide in 2014 on Metro funding, parking garages

Loudoun County

“Loudoun's Board of Supervisors in the months ahead must decide whether to pursue a federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to help contain costs associated with Metro's Silver Line extension into Loudoun County. If the county moves ahead with seeking the federal dollars, it will have to include the cost of constructing parking garages in its overall share of the Silver Line project's tab.”

~Writes Trevor Baratko of the Loudoun Times

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Residents Updated on Stafford Project

Stafford County

“A Boswells Corner intersection project will eat up land from a half-dozen property owners around the intersection of U.S. 1 and Telegraph Road, according to details displayed at Thursday night’s meeting in North Stafford… Work is slated to start in the spring of 2014 and could be finished by the fall. The intersection is notorious for backups and accidents, especially since the Base Realignment and Closure, which has caused an increase in traffic in the area and at the nearby Marine Corps Base Quantico.”

~Writes Scott Shenk of the Free Lance Star

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