Washington Post & VDOT - Mon August 22, 2022
VIDEO: First Exit Ramp From Capital Beltway to I-66 to Open Ahead of HOT Lanes' Finish
Construction is finally winding down on Interstate 66 in northern Virginia where a multibillion-dollar widening of the freeway, along with new express lanes, are slated to debut in December. Ahead of that, a new exit ramp carrying the Capital Beltway's northbound traffic onto westbound I-66 is planned to open around Aug....
Augusta Free Press & Lynchburg News & Advance - Thu August 18, 2022
Virginia Infrastructure Academy Created to Address Shortage of Skilled Labor
Virginia's Community College system (VCCS), made up of 23 school across the commonwealth, introduced a new program to train thousands of workers to help rebuild the state's aging roads and bridges and bring much needed upgrades to airports, ports and utilities statewide....
Augusta Free Press - Tue August 09, 2022
Virginia Legislation Commits $1B Toward New K-12 School Construction
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was on hand Aug. 5 to officially open the state's Mecklenburg County Middle School and High School. While there, he used the occasion to ceremonially sign legislation that will provide more than $1 billion in school construction funds for K-12 public education....
CEG - Tue August 09, 2022
Motleys Asset Disposition Group Grows in Virginia Territories With Expansion
The Motleys Asset Disposition Group has expanded into the Shenandoah Valley region and Roanoke, Va. Brandon Motley will be representing the Motleys brand in both name and as the sales and yard manager of the Roanoke permanent auction facility location....
CEG - Tue August 09, 2022
VDOT Holds 2022 Roadeo, Safety Training Day at New Digs
VDOT held its statewide Roadeo and Safety Training Day July 28 at a new venue, the Meadow Event Park in Caroline County. The annual competition gives employees an opportunity to exhibit skills and build camaraderie while promoting safety — all essential components in the way VDOT performs its work for residents of the commonwealth....
InsideNoVa - Tue July 19, 2022
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to Fund 20 Projects Over Next Six Years
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) board voted July 14 to adopt funding 20 multimodal transportation projects in the region for its 2022-2027 six-year program update while leaving another six candidate projects unfunded — four of which were submitted by Prince William County....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 14, 2022
Branch Civil-Flatiron Leads Challenging Reversible HOT Lanes Extension Project
Over the past 10 years, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has presided over a congestion-relief strategy of building networks of high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes that double as free high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes....
WRIC-TV & Data Center Dynamics - Tue July 12, 2022
Virginia Commonwealth University Plans to Build New Honors Dorms
A vacant building at 708 W. Grace St. in Richmond, Va., was demolished recently as part of an plan to build new dormitories for honors students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The property was cleared so that it could be the site for the new student housing, expected to begin construction in 2024....
Rokbak - Tue July 05, 2022
Rokbak RA30 Helps Virginia Contractor Keep Groundworks Project On Course
Browning Excavation had to act quickly when groundworks on a major housing project in Locust Grove, Va., turned up acres of overspill from the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the home of a cluster of Civil War battlefields, there are doubtless all kinds of surprising bonanzas still waiting to be uncovered in the soil of Orange County, Va....
Petersburg Progress-Index & LEGO - Tue June 21, 2022
VIDEO: LEGO Investing More Than $1B to Build New Toy Factory Near Richmond, Va.
Danish toymaker LEGO Group said June 15 it will build its first U.S.-based toy manufacturing plant in southeastern Virginia, a project that will carry a price tag of more than $1 billion and result in 1,760 new jobs....
