![]() Newport News is conducting three public-information meetings: 14 City Council meeting at 500 City Hall Ave. In Poquoson, speakers on both sides of the issue will address a 7 p.m. Thursday at the Senior Center of York, 5314 George Washington Memorial Highway. The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, a regional think tank that studies transportation issues, will lead an open forum on the proposal at 6: 30 p.m. It would pay for $7.7 billion in transportation projects. Unless you've spent the past year in a manhole, you know that this November, voters in the in Hampton Roads area will see a ballot measure to raise the sales tax from 4.5 cents to 5.5 cents on the dollar. Road Guy wrote about it in August, and VDOT says the system is now up and working. ![]() Cooking up a bad day? Getting stuck at an opening at the James River Bridge sounds like an ingredient.Įven after the ship passes by and the bridge gates open, northbound drivers used to have to deal with long backups at the River Road traffic signal on the northbound shore in Newport News.Īt the request of Road Guy readers, traffic engineers concocted a system that gives the River Road light more green time for people heading off the bridge after an opening. Just about all the primary routes through upper Newport News and Williamsburg will be tied up Saturday and Sunday, especially in the late morning and early afternoon.īRIDGE RELIEF. Don't forget that three big events will cause heavy traffic this weekend - the Fall Festival of Folklife at Newport News Park, the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill and the Howl-O-Scream attraction at Busch Gardens. "Sometimes, a claim is unfounded, or the issue ends up unresolved - one word against another - or goes to court." ![]() ![]() "This doesn't mean that all claims are compensated or that all drivers are thoroughly satisfied," she says. Construction companies have insurance to cover these types of claims. VDOT will then forward the information to the responsible contractor, says Erin Gregg, VDOT spokeswoman. ![]()
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