
Governor McAuliffe’s signature 2015 agenda items take effect today
Key pieces of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s 2015 New Virginia Economy legislative agenda are among the nearly 800 pieces of legislation that take effect today.

Key pieces of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s 2015 New Virginia Economy legislative agenda are among the nearly 800 pieces of legislation that take effect today.

The thunderstorms that swept through Charlottesville last night forced cancellation of the planned removal of the overhead sign structure from Route 29 (Emmet Street) between Hydraulic Road and the Route 29/250 interchange.

Overnight lane closures are scheduled to take place this week on Interstate 81 northbound and southbound in Frederick County between mile marker 309 and 311 near Winchester.

The removal of an overhead sign structure from Route 29 (Emmet Street) between Hydraulic Road and the Route 29/250 interchange will require traffic delays overnight Tuesday.

Motorists should be alert for overnight lane closures on westbound Interstate 64 and a traffic-lane shift on Route 285 (Tinkling Spring Road) in the Fishersville area of Augusta County.

The Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel will hold its regular biweekly meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, 530 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville.

A tractor trailer crash on Route 867 has closed the bridge over Pleasant Run in Rockingham County. This location is near Mount Crawford and east of Interstate 81.

Highway work in the Lynchburg VDOT District requiring road/lane./structure closures is scheduled, weather permitting.

Route 640 (Goose Creek Road) in the Fishersville area of Augusta County is expected to remain closed through Friday, June 26 for paving, grading and utility work between Route 285 (Tinkling Spring Road) and Route 630 (Caldwell Lane). Crews installing a public sewer line encountered a large area of rock that must be removed before the work can be completed.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close a portion of Route 692 (Plank Road) in western Albemarle County at8 a.m. Wednesday to replace a failed drainage pipe.
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