
VDOT preparing for heavy snow on Sunday
VDOT crews are preparing today for the winter storm that is forecast to affect much of the Commonwealth starting Sunday into early next week.

VDOT crews are preparing today for the winter storm that is forecast to affect much of the Commonwealth starting Sunday into early next week.

In spring, when 17-year-old John R. Lewis High School student Kadija Ismail, of Springfield, learned she’d been accepted into the Virginia Tech Pathways for Future Engineers program, she wasn’t sure she fit the bill as a future engineer.

Road conditions in the Shenandoah Valley and Alleghany Highlands are steadily improving as of mid-day Thursday.

A Canadian truck driver has been charged with one felony count of hit-and-run and reckless driving after an incident on Afton Mountain Wednesday.

Snow and sleet from a widespread winter storm are affecting travel in the Shenandoah Valley and Alleghany Highlands.

Rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain beginning during the early hours of Wednesday could create dangerous driving conditions into Thursday, and motorists are urged to avoid travel, if possible.

VDOT has launched Beautify Virginia as a part of its Environmental Stewardship Initiative to support keeping Virginia’s roadways litter-free.

Incident responders put their lives at risk to support those involved in traffic accidents or whose vehicles become otherwise disabled on Virginia roadways.

The following is a list from VDOT of highway work that may affect traffic in Augusta County and surrounding areas during the coming weeks.

The on-ramp from Route 11 onto northbound Interstate 81 at Exit 175 is scheduled to close from 1 p.m. Wednesday until approximately 5 a.m. Thursday.
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