Tonight, Nov. 16, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) will hold the fifth of nine public meetings across the commonwealth on prioritizing transportation projects. Tonight's meeting is at Virginia Department of Transportation's District office, at 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax VA 22030.

City officials in Manassas Park report that the city has contracted with Branscome Paving, Inc. to resurface Scott Drive beginning Tuesday, Nov. 17 and Evans Street beginning Nov. 18. Both projects end next Saturday, Nov. 21. Paving work hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. No parking areas will be posted.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Nov. 12 began a new program that will cut years off the time needed to test the response of innovative pavements to the daily impacts of heavy traffic.

The first community meeting for the Virginia Railway Express Gainesville-Haymarket Extension (VRE GHX) Study will be on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Gainesville Middle School, 8001 Limestone Dr., Gainesville, VA 20155. VRE is evaluating an 11-mile extension of its commuter rail service along the Manassas Line via the Norfolk Southern Railway B-Line, extending from Manassas through Gainesville to Haymarket near the US 15 and Interstate 66 intersection.

Prince William County Department of Transportation (PWDOT) has installed speed board displays on Vint Hill Road in the Greenwich area and on Hillendale Drive in Dale City. The is part of a pilot program, according to Steve Stevens, a transportation planning engineer for (PWDOT). "Something like this will provide the motorist an opportunity to get some feedback and know to slow down," Stevens said in a news release.

Virginia Railway Express (VRE) will commence VRE commuter rail service from the new Spotsylvania Station on Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. VRE built the new station and platform while Spotsylvania County built the 1,500-space parking lot for commuters. Spotsylvania County and VRE will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. that morning.

Prince William Board of County Supervisors will hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 26 to discuss the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) selecting the Cedars Farm, located at 6115 Antioch Road in Haymarket, as part of the preferred alternative for the I-66 Outside the Beltway project.

On Saturday, Oct. 24 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting, the Virginia Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern will be closing Balls Ford Road at the railroad crossing west of Prince William Parkway (VA 234) in order to replace the at-grade crossing.