
Proffit Road closed July 20-29 for bridge debris removal
The Virginia Department of Transportation will close a portion of Route 649 (Proffit Road) in Albemarle County beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, July 20.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close a portion of Route 649 (Proffit Road) in Albemarle County beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, July 20.

Paving operations will take place on northbound Interstate 81 between exit 227 and the Middle River Bridge and at the ramps at exit 227, exit 235 and the rest area at mile marker 233 in Augusta County.

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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties: Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has scheduled overnight lane closures on Interstate 64 in Augusta County during the week of July 20-24.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

The $4.6 million effort to improve safety and traffic flow on Interstate 64 over Afton Mountain is approaching its final construction and testing phases.

Project GROWS, a 501c3 non-profit educational farm located in Augusta County, will host its first-ever Fall Farm Formal on Nov. 20 at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Downtown Staunton.

The Greenbrier, the classic American destination resort in the foothills of West Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains, has announced the schedule for the New Orleans Saints 2015 training camp at the resort, from July 30th through August 20th, 2015.

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