
Patching scheduled on two Albemarle County routes
On Sunday, weather permitting, a contractor working for VDOT will resurface two roads in Albemarle County where crews recently replaced pipes.

On Sunday, weather permitting, a contractor working for VDOT will resurface two roads in Albemarle County where crews recently replaced pipes.

At 9:36 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 8), Virginia State Police Trooper Z.C. Harris was alerted to a small, private plane in distress and needing to make an emergency landing.

Detectives with the Albemarle County Police Department are currently investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Kangaroo gas station in the 1000 block of Rio Road East in Albemarle County and are seeking help identifying the suspect.

The Albemarle Board of Supervisors has named Jodie Filardo the new county director of community development.

Bridge maintenance work on eastbound Interstate 64 at mile marker 121 over Route 20 has been postponed one week.

Motorists traveling at night next week on Route 53 near Route 20 in Albemarle County will need to take a detour while VDOT resurfaces the area where crews replaced seven pipes.

Crews have finished replacing seven pipes on Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway) near Route 20 (Scottsville Road) in Albemarle County. The road is open to traffic.

A North Garden man died in a July 26 two-vehicle crash at the 119 mile marker on Interstate 64 in Albemarle County.

At 11:12 p.m. Friday , the Virginia State Police responded to a crash in Albemarle County. The crash occurred in the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 when a motorcycle crashed at the 118 mile marker.

VDOT will close Route 810 (Blackwells Hollow Road) near Route 687 (Shiffletts Mill Road) in northwestern Albemarle County for about five weeks to rehabilitate a bridge over Halls Creek.
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