DALE CITY – Lane closures will occur along northbound and southbound I-95 between Cardinal Drive and the Dale City cars-only rest area Monday, March 6 - Thursday, March 9 for inspection of the bridges over Neabsco Creek, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Despite the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) budget cuts to the Adopt-A- Stream program statewide, the Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District reports that it is continuing the Adopt-A- Stream program at the local level. If you can help or for more information, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Several stream cleanup events are planned in April.

Pile driving resumed today, Feb. 28, 2017, along US 1 in Woodbridge for construction of the new bridge over Marumsco Creek just north of Marys Way. The procedure and noise will last from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for approximately two weeks, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Friends of Rural Crescent Energized (FORCE) will hold an informational update meeting on the proposed mosque at the corner of Schaeffer Lane and Vint Hill Road in Nokesville. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department on Marsteller Drive.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled on Feb. 17 in favor of the Commonwealth's 30-year moratorium on mining uranium in the Commonwealth. The majority of a three judge panel found that nothing in the federal Atomic Energy Act preempts the state's ability to regulate and restrict conventional uranium mining within its borders, according to a news release from the office of Attorney General Mark Herring.

Prince William Public Works Department, Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition, and Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District are teaming up to clean up a portion of Powell's Creek near Riverwoods at Woodbridge Apartments Feb. 25, and they are inviting the public to help. The event starts at 9 a.m.

Despite Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) budget cuts to support the Adopt-A- Stream program statewide, the Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District is continuing the program at the local level, according to its February Watershed newsletter.

Sec. 22-169 of the Prince William County Code requires all businesses and non-residential properties located in Prince William County to annually report their recycling activities to the Department of Public Works by February 15 for the previous calendar year, according to a news release.