Prince William County Board Chairman Corey Stewart, Supervisor Pete Candland, Supervisor Jeanine Lawson, Delegate Tim Hugo, Delegate Bob Marshall, and Senator Dick Black will be holding a town hall meeting tonight at 7pm at Battlefield High School in Haymarket to show that Prince William County is united in opposition to tolling inside the beltway.

The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) will be forced to suspend some, if not all, of its commuter rail service in Virginia and Washington D.C. after December 31, 2015 if Congress does not act to extend the deadline for implementing Positive Train Control (PTC), according to a news release.

On Sunday, October 18 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting, the Virginia Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern will be closing US 15 (James Madison Highway) at the railroad crossing just south of VA 55 in Haymarket in order to replace the at-grade crossing.

Intermittent full closures of up to 30 minutes each will occur on eastbound Interstate 66 between Route 123 and Nutley Street and westbound I-66 between I-495 and Nutley Street late Tuesday night, October 6 into Wednesday morning, October 7, and again from late Wednesday night into Thursday morning, October 8, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The Virginia Department of Transportation urges motorists to plan for difficult travel and prepare for hurricane-like impacts Oct. 1-4. Northern Virginia VDOT crews are on alert, checking drains and making preparations for the coming storm. More than 500 crewmembers plus 300 contract employees are ready to clear roads from expected heavy rains, fallen trees and other debris.

Pageland Lane in Gainesville between US 29 and VA 234 reopened to traffic around 1 p.m. Sept. 24, about six hours ahead of estimated reopening.

Pageland Lane (VA 705) between US 29 and VA 234 will be closed, weather permitting, from 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21 through 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 for emergency pipe replacement, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

he Virginia Department of Transportation will bring the new I-66 Active Traffic Management System (ATMS) online Wednesday, Sept. 16 at noon. The system will be implemented between the District of Columbia and Route 29 in Gainesville.