Prince William, Dumfries Projects Receive $110M In NVTA Funding

Mark Hand
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA — Two transportation projects in Prince William County and one project in the town of Dumfries will receive funding from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) as part of its six-year, fiscal year 2020-2025 program. On Thursday, the NVTA approved 21 of 14 projects requested by 13 Northern Virginia localities and agencies.

Despite an estimated $240 million net revenue loss for the six-year program during the coronavirus pandemic, the authority provided $539 million in funding for the 21 projects. The three projects in Prince William County will receive a total of $110 million in funding, including $78 million for a project to widen and relocate Route 1 in Dumfries.

Other localities in Northern Virginia with approved projects include Arlington County, city of Alexandria, city of Falls Church, city of Fairfax, Fairfax County and Loudoun County. Projects were also approved for the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, NOVA Parks and Virginia Railway Express.

"The adoption of the Six Year Program Update demonstrates an ongoing commitment to a multimodal approach that addresses Northern Virginians' mobility needs and challenges, and supports the region's economic vitality, while providing an economic stimulus to the region's economy," Phyllis Randall, chair of the authority and the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, said Friday in a statement.

See the full list of 21 approved projects funded by the authority and project descriptions.

The authority's main purposes is to update Northern Virginia's long-range transportation plan, as well as prioritize and fund transportation projects to provide congestion relief. In 2013, a Virginia law established dedicated funding for Northern Virginia transportation projects for the authority to carry out its work. Membership is made up of nine Northern Virginia localities: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park.

NVTA funding will go toward these two projects in Prince William County:

  • Summit School Road Extension and Telegraph Road Widening: NVTA approved $24 million in funding for a project that consists of extending Summit School Road from Kinnicutt Drive to Telegraph Road as a four-lane divided roadway. The project also includes widening Telegraph Road from Caton Hill Road to Prince William Parkway from two to four lanes. The extension of Summit School Road to Telegraph Road will complete the connection from Minnieville Road to Telegraph Road and will provide an important bypass for traffic to and from the Potomac Mills Mall area to Minnieville Road.

  • North Woodbridge Mobility Improvements: The $8 million in funding will go toward connecting a missing section of Annapolis Way approximately 0.28 miles. Annapolis Way will be constructed as a two-lane roadway and will include bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The completion of this roadway will lay the foundation in completing future roadway network for the Woodbridge Small Area Plan. The roadway under the Small Area Plan design will include parking lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks on each side of the roadway. The North Woodbridge Activity Center is one of the most intensive multimodal areas of Prince William County. The project is located adjacent to the Woodbridge VRE Station, I-95 Corridor, Route 1 Corridor, Route 123 Corridor, and Route 123/I-95 Commuter Lot.

NVTA funding also will go toward one project in the town of Dumfries:

  • Widen/Relocate Route 1: Brady's Hill Road to Dumfries Road (Route 234): The $78 million will go toward construction on Route 1 Northbound between Route 1109 (Brady’s Hill Road) and Route 234 (Dumfries Road) in Dumfries. Route 1 Southbound is on a separate alignment. This project will convert northbound Route 1 from a 2-lane undivided roadway to a divided 6-lane highway so both northbound and southbound traffic will be on the northbound alignment. The proposed typical section for the 2.1-mile project will consist of a six-lane facility with three 12-feet lanes in each direction. In addition to the six travel lanes, an outside lane will be added for bicycle use in both directions.

NVTA put out a call for regional transportation projects in July 2019. Over 41 projects were reviewed, and around 1,000 public comments have come in during the process.

With the new funding program and four previous programs, the authority is advancing 106 regional transportation projects. The projects, totaling almost $2.5 billion, are aimed at reducing congestion in the region.

This article originally appeared on the Woodbridge Patch