From the VDOT website (The email to give feedback is towards the end of the article.) E-ZPass Fee Structure Under Consideration With the anticipated expansion of the E-ZPass program in Virginia due to new toll facilities opening, the Virginia Department of Transportation is considering a new fee structure to provide customer support for the increasing number [...]
I have no hard evidence to back this up but I feel that a good percentage of Southbankers take advantage of the EZ-Pass system since we are nearly surrounded by tolls. According to the RTD, VDOT is bouncing around the idea of adding a $1 monthly fee for the privilege of using a transponder. It [...]
From RMA; The Boulevard “Nickel” Bridge will close Monday, April 9, at 11p.m. until 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 10, for general maintenance, including curb line sweeping and on-bridge street light replacement. This maintenance is weather permitting. Motorists should use alternate routes during this period.
Any story on traffic circles tend to be instant conversation starters. I’ve gone on record as stating that I’m a supporter of traffic circles but might be in the minority. Read most of the comments in these stories to see where a good chunk of the readers (or at least those that comment) stand, hint [...]
TRAFFIC ALERT from RPD: Nortbound & Southbound lanes of Chippenham Pkwy closed @ Stony Point due to fatal traffic ax. Avoid area for next 6 hrs #rva
Karri Peifer is looking for the worst stoplight in Richmond and calls out the intersection of Westover Hills and Forest Hill. Traffic headed west on Forest Hill gets backed up for at least a mile, and the-only-three-cars-allowed turning lane to make a left on Forest Hill backs up all south-bound traffic. There is also discussion [...]
Work on the traffic calming measure at the junction of New Kent, Riverside and Bruton is scheduled to take place in the next 30 days. Nearby residents should have received notification of the impending construction yesterday or today. Let the anti-circle rhetoric begin. Detailed plans of the circle and the letter of notification.
Technically he is a a coordinator but I think Czar has a much better ring to it. RVA News broke the news in this post. Jakob C. Helmboldt is the name of the coordinator and he has an incredibly easy task. <sarcasm> The City’s new Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Trails Program has the goal of making Richmond [...]
The gas line replacement project along Forest Hill Avenue is going to take quite a bit longer than we were originally told by DPU. Below is a section of the first press release; The project is expected to take approximately 60 days. The work started on February 1st. I’m no math genius but adding 60 [...]
From VDOT; Huguenot Road/Route 147 (Richmond/Henrico) – Crews are currently making emergency pavement repairs on the southbound side of the Huguenot Bridge. The repairs are expected to continue through 7 p.m. Flaggers are alternating traffic over the bridge.
This one snuck up on me. Didn’t even know it was about to happen. Luckily there are people that make a living dealing with the news.
If you live near the Walgreens on the corner of Forest Hill Ave. and Westover Hills Blvd. you have probably taken the back route behind the Dollar Store and the former Shoe Warehouse. You won’t be taking that route anymore.
Editorial by H&H resident Leigh Ann McKelway First the facts: The Richmond Department of Public Works has designed a project to widen Forest Hill Avenue between Powhite Parkway and Hathaway Road. The proposal calls for four travel lanes that are each 11 feet wide, a raised median that is 14 feet wide plus bike lanes [...]
The work that you have seen recently startup at WH Blvd and New Kent is traffic signal improvements. Expect some closed off sidewalks and traffic lanes for awhile. Summary of the work to be done was found on the project book. If you want to go crazy and look at the details here is the project [...]
Huguenot Road/Route 147 (Richmond/Henrico) – Crews will be repairing potholes on the Huguenot Bridge Friday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Expect periodic delays of up to 15 minutes in each direction during repairs. To avoid delays, VDOT recommends drivers use the following alternate routes: Northbound Huguenot Road – Chippenham Parkway (Route 150) north over [...]
DPU Press Release; Beginning Tues. Feb. 1, 2011 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, the city of Richmond Department of Public Utilities will be renewing cast iron natural gas mains in the west bound lane of Forest Hill Avenue from Roanoke Street to 47th Street. This section of Forest Hill Avenue will be closed [...]
This is a follow up to the discussion yesterday on the Forest Hill Avenue project. The original Option A is after the break as well as another perspective of revised Option A. Click on any image to enlarge.
Last night a meeting was held at Willow Oaks with the leadership of the neighborhood association and the country club to discuss the Forest Hill Avenue widening project. I wasn’t in attendance but here is what I’ve gathered second hand. The speed limit will dropped on that section of road down to 35 from 40. [...]
The Nickel Bridge and Huguenot Bridge are closed due to icy conditions. Police do not know when the Huguenot or Nickel Bridge will reopen. Police have reported that the Nickel Bridge is now reopened.
This falls into the category of old news but at a gathering over the holiday a couple of folks didn’t know about this so I don’t see any harm in posting some stale information. The Westover Hills Neighborhood Association met back in November and after discussion with a city traffic engineer (Tom Flynn, I think) [...]
From VDOT; Both the Riverside Drive ramps on the south end of the bridge will be closed from 10 a.m. Dec. 6, 2010 through June 2012. Directional signs have been placed along the detour routes. The detours will be as follows: Detour map (pdf) Huguenot Road to Riverside Drive • Huguenot Road to Old Spring Road [...]
From the Huguenot Bridge construction site; The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is hosting a pre-construction information meeting to provide citizens with an overview of the construction phases, traffic impacts and the projected timeline for the Huguenot Memorial Bridge reconstruction project. Contractor, Tidewater Skanska, began preliminary construction activities in October and expects to begin major [...]
There was yet another accident at this intersection last night. Be careful, people.
Work should begin on the new Huguenot Bridge before the end of the year. The Commonwealth Transportation Board voted today to award a $35 million contract to replace the 61-year-old span over the James River. [via RTD] Thanks to Citizen Tom for providing the link to the VDOT site that has more details including the [...]
City contractors are beginning work on a traffic calming project on Boroughbridge Road at the corner with Bassett Avenue. The project will consist of a landscaped raised circle in the middle of the street, to slow the traffic that uses Boroughbridge as a cut-through from Midlothian Turnpike to Jahnke Road. The project is overseen by [...]
