
VDOT lifts lane closures during Thanksgiving holiday
Do you have plans to travel for Thanksgiving? Planning ahead for your trip may mean more time with family during the long weekend.

Do you have plans to travel for Thanksgiving? Planning ahead for your trip may mean more time with family during the long weekend.

When I woke up yesterday morning, I was shocked yet once again to read about Wednesday’s mass killing of 12 people during “college night” at a country music bar in southern California, sending hundreds fleeing in terror.

Adventure awaits Virginians this fall as the newest official state transportation map is fresh off the press and available at welcome centers across the Commonwealth.

Drive Smart Virginia wants drivers to get behind the wheel distraction-free. That was the message at the sixth annual Distracted Driving Summit, which was held Sept. 19 and 20 in Richmond.

Virginia Tech faculty and eight undergraduate students from universities around the country spent the summer monitoring ecological and social impacts of Mountain Valley Pipeline construction.

VDOT is ready to deploy crews statewide ahead of effects from Hurricane Florence, as needed. Crews are closely monitoring the storm’s first wind gusts and rain bands as they approach the Commonwealth late Thursday and early Friday.

VDOT will suspend most highway work zones and lift most lane closures on interstates and other major roads in Virginia from noon Friday, Aug. 31, until noon Tuesday, Sept. 4.

A record-breaking 46.9 million Americans and nearly 1.3 million Virginians are projected to travel 50 miles or more away from home this July 4th holiday.

Attorney General Mark Herring today announced that the Hampton Roads Human Trafficking Task Force will launch a new awareness campaign across the Hampton Roads region.

As the summer travel season begins, VDOT is reminding motorists to stay focused on the road while heading to those first celebrations of summer.
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