
VDOT: Crews making progress on roads in Shenandoah Valley
Virginia Department of Transportation plow crews and contractors have made substantial progress in clearing Shenandoah Valley roadways.

Virginia Department of Transportation plow crews and contractors have made substantial progress in clearing Shenandoah Valley roadways.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is advising that all travel throughout the Shenandoah Valley should be avoided tonight.

Weather forecasts predict a possible historic snowfall for the Shenandoah Valley region on Jan. 22-23. VDOT crews and contractors are prepared.

Virginia’s Finest will welcome 74 additional new troopers and one special agent accountant to the Department’s ranks Friday.

A public participation meeting to review a transportation mobility study for the Town of Elkton will be held on January 11.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will install flashing yellow arrow traffic signals at five intersections in the Staunton District beginning Dec. 1. The flashing yellow arrow is intended only for left-turning traffic, and indicates that drivers may turn left after they yield to oncoming traffic.

Republicans Dickie Bell, Ben Cline and Steve Landes easily won re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates, and State Sen. Mark Obenshain won re-election to the State Senate in a landslide.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has scheduled an overnight lane closure for Interstate 81 northbound in Augusta County near Weyers Cave. The left lane will be closed from 8 p.m. tonight (Thursday, October 8) until 7 a.m. Friday morning.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that more than $796,000 in matching grant funds will be awarded to 45 local tourism initiatives as part of Virginia Tourism Corporation’s (VTC) Marketing Leverage Program.

Repairs are complete to a portion of the Route 11 southbound lane near Comer Street in the Town of Edinburg in Shenandoah County. All of Route 11 is now open to traffic.