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October 10 2018 Vol. XXXI • No. 21
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VDOT Prepares for Future Traffic With Route 1 Widening
By Irwin Rapoport
It’s full speed ahead for Fort Myer Construction Corporation (FMCC), Washington, D.C., in the third year of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) $168 million Route 1 Widening project in Prince William County. The work started in May 2016 and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2019. The project has Route 1 being widened from four to six lanes between Mary’s Way and Annapolis Way, and includes upgrading and replacing underground utilities. The project also includes enhanced access to the Woodbridge Virginia Railway Express kiss-and-ride facility; a new Route 1 bridge at Marumsco Creek; improvements to Occoquan Road, including a median and turn lanes from Route 1 to south of Horner Road; additional through and turn lanes on Route 1 and Occoquan Road; a 10-ft. shared-use path and 6-ft. sidewalk; and the demolition of several vacant buildings along the corridor. “Demolition work is proceeding well,” said Marc Mandel, FMCC’s COO and General Counsel “VDOT and FMCC are currently in the process of coordinating a foundation wall required to support a portion of a structure. In addition, the Route 1 bridge is approximately 25 percent complete and VDOT and FMCC are implementing a re-engineered design to the support of excavation.”
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Planning for the Future Route 1 currently carries about 35,000 vehicles per-day. The new infra-
Photo courtesy of VDOT
On peak days there are approximately 50 people, working in crews of seven, on the site.
structure, designed by Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP., headquartered in Baltimore, Md., is expected to meet projected traffic volumes of 75,000 vehicles per-day in 2036. A number of safety issues also are being addressed. “VDOT’s consultant completed the design for the widening project cursee VDOT page 26
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La. Governor Signs Federal Bond Agreement To Tackle Backlog of Infrastructure Projects Gov. John Bel Edwards recently announced that the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson joined Federal Highway Administration Division Administrator Wes Bollinger to sign a memorandum of agreement in regard to an approved federal bond granted to the state earlier this year. “The nearly $14 billion backlog of infra-
structure projects in our state dictates that we do something both effective and creative in order to meet our needs, and while bonding federal funds for these critical projects was not my administration’s first choice, it is an opportunity for us to move forward,” said Gov. Edwards. “The expedited bond payments of 12 years will best position the state in the future. It also allows DOTD to increase its fed-
eral investments in rural Louisiana to a greater amount than we would have had we not used this innovative tool for the projects that are so critical to the state’s economy.” The up-to $650 million Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle Bonds, also known as GARVEE bonds, will allow for construction on major infrastructure projects in the state that see EDWARDS page 74