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TRAFFIC NEWS

07/03/2009

Hampton Roads road work for July 5 through July 11, 2009
This is a list of projects underway across Hampton Roads that could impact your drive.

* HRBT damage still unknown
Traffic moved briskly through the HRBT most of the day Friday. One lane will close at 7:00 p.m. as VDOT finishes removing water in a flooded pump house.
>>WVEC.com Live Traffic Camera
VIDEO

07/01/2009

Newport News road project funded by federal stimulus money
$27.7 million will help pay to widen Route 105, the main road leading into the Army's Fort Eustis.

06/26/2009

Road work for Hampton Roads for June 28 through July 3
This is a list of projects underway around Hampton Roads that could impact your drive for the week of June 28-July 3.

06/18/2009

Transportation Board finalizes $538 million in Va. road cuts
19 Interstate rest areas will close July 1, some new road construction projects won't get built, roadside mowing will be substantially reduced and many Interstate motorist aid patrols will disappear.

* 06/05/2009

AAA: Va gas prices up by 61% since Jan. 1
The travel organization says prices are at their highest level since late October.
>>WVEC.com Gas Price Page

* Chain reaction accident inside Monitor-Merrimac
Va. State Police say one driver was injured in the chain reaction pile-up involving four tractor trailers inside the northbound tube Friday morning.
>>WVEC.com Live Traffic Camera

05/29/2009

Road work around Hampton Roads for May 31 through June 6
This is a list of projects underway around Hampton Roads that could impact your drive during the week.

05/26/2009

Memorial Day weekend travel least deadly in 10 years
As of noon Monday, Virginia State Police say five people had died in five crashes over the weekend. Last year, 18 people died in 14 crashes over the same period

* 05/20/2009

Review the cuts:
VDOT cuts 19 rest areas, staff jobs, mowing operations
Not being cut is the Jamestown Ferry that crosses the James River to one of the state's prime tourist venues. It will continue running round-the-clock.
VIDEO

05/12/2009

AAA: Holiday travel to get boost from cheap gas
Roughly 11 percent of the U.S. population will take some kind of trip over the holiday, most of them on the road.
VIDEO

* 04/21/2009

Tolls expected to pay for Midtown Tunnel expansion
The project calls for a new two-lane tunnel parallel to the existing Midtown Tunnel, along with other improvements that could be paid for by tolls.
VIDEO

04/16/2009

VDOT launches investigation into Downtown Tunnel incident
Thousands of people were stuck in worse-than-usual traffic Wednesday afternoon as crews removed an over-height rig from the tube and made repairs.

03/23/2009

Weekend inspection set for Downtown Tunnel, Berkley Bridge
Morning safety inspections this weekend will close one eastbound lane thorugh the tunnel and the Waterside Drive offramp.

03/02/2009

Midtown Tunnel reopens after VDOT treats road for ice
After treating the roadway with abrasives, VDOT has reopened the Midtown Tunnel.
VIDEO

* 02/13/2009

Part of I-64 Battlefield Blvd. project opens
The eastbound side of the nearly $100 million project opened Friday. The entire project should be complete by the end of July.
Sky13 Video

* 10/09/2008

Marine highway network designed to cut road congestion
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Thomas Barrett, in Norfolk for the announcement, said the initiative makes roads safer and expands the ability to move goods using existing waterways.
>>About Marine Highways

* 07/09/2008

State lawmakers expect little movement in transportation talk
The House and Senate are returning to Capitol Square for what is likely to be a stalemated end of their special transportation session.

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