
Staunton VDOT District Traffic Alert: Sept. 8-12
The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

The off-ramp that carries Interstate 66 westbound traffic to I-81 southbound will have a brief closure on the night of Wednesday, September 10, 2014.

UVA (0-1) hosts Richmond (1-0) today at 3:30 p.m. at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., and Augusta Free Press is there. AFP editor Chris Graham will lead a live blog around the game, beginning with the tailgate and running all the way through the final ticks of the clock in the fourth quarter.

The portion of Route 726 (Stone Spring Road) in Rockingham County that closed in early August will reopen on the morning of Tuesday, September 9.

Notes for Saturday’s non-conference football game between UVA (0-1) and Richmond (0-1) set for Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.

As part of the Interstate 81 pavement rehabilitation project in Shenandoah County, milling and paving continues between mile markers 264 and 274 northbound.

Four major U.S. energy companies – Dominion (NYSE: D), Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) and AGL Resources (NYSE: GAS) – announced today the formation of a joint venture to build and own the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Hunger advocates from the Blue Ridge area and across the country will be wearing orange on Thursday, September 4 in an effort to raise awareness of the 49 million people in the United States who struggle with hunger.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT 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.

Photos from UCLA’s 28-20 win over UVA by Mark Miller. Complete photo album on the Augusta Free Press Facebook page.
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