A perpetual chokepoint for commuters in Northern Virginia may quickly be loosened — a 1.5 mile extend of U.S. Route 29, between Union Mill Highway and Buckleys Gate Generate will be widened from 4 lanes to six.
For commuters in Northern Virginia, some bottlenecks are much more predictable than many others. Perform is set to start out this spring to reduce a 2 times-a-working day chokepoint.
In the up coming several months, Virginia Office of Transportation programs to start building to widen 1.5 miles of U.S. Route 29 — also identified as Lee Highway — from 4 lanes to six, amongst Union Mill Street and Buckleys Gate Travel.
In accordance to VDOT, somewhere around 30,000 automobiles a day journey the congested extend of state roadway.
The job aims to relieve key early morning and afternoon and night peak hour backups on Route 29 at the intersection of Stringfellow and Clifton Streets.
In addition, the project will enhance sight distance, and incorporate shared-use paths on each sides of Route 29, which will also assistance join pedestrian and bicycle trails at the Fairfax County Parkway and West Ox Highway interchange.
This project is financed with federal, point out (including Clever Scale) and nearby funding and the Interstate 66 concession fee. Its believed expenses overall $97 million.
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