Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously delays vote Tuesday that would have reaffirmed the county’s support for a proposed Bi-County Parkway (BCP)/Tri-County Parkway (TCP) , in another victory for BCP/TCP opponents. Virginia Assembly Delegate Bob Marshall notes that widening VA 28 is alternative. Map of BCP. Read More

Amid widespread opposition to Tri-County Parkway/Bi-County Parkway, Virginia State Assembly Delegate Bob Marshall calls it "a developers’ road," saying he "would like to know who currently owns the property that would be purchased for the right-of-way, and who has taken options to purchase property along the right-of-way. I believe that it is primarily developers and that rather than helping create a road to move traffic in a timely manner, this would be an opening for extensive development which would only create more traffic problems." Read More

Residents voice "anger" at Tri-County Parkway cutting through Manassas Battlefield, Rural Crescent, local farmland; may open up area to residential development; VDOT, National Park Service behavior criticized Read More

"On-schedule" future local transport projects include VRE extension to Gainesville/Haymarket, I-66 widening from US 29 to US 15; Gov. McDonnell-sponsored state initiative seeks to expand public transit in Northern Virginia Read More

VDOT, US Park Service "nearing agreement" on Manassas Battlefield Bypass, which would link up with Tri-County Parkway north of battlefield; critics fear the bypass and parkway would "damage the battlefield's historic character and trigger more development and traffic" Read More

Tri-County Parkway nearing approval by VDOT, US Park Service, and Loudoun and Prince William counties; would run north-south, west of Manassas Battlefield, and connect I-66, Rte 50. Battlefield "preservation groups are stunned", say VDOT protections "inadequate to protect the Manassas National Battlefield Park, one of the Commonwealth’s most sacred Civil War landscapes" and that the parkway would only spread more sprawl and traffic. Read More

by Sudha Kamath, Bull Run Observer

17 February 2012, p. 4

“One of the biggest overhauls by the Virginia Department of Transportation is moving ahead in 2012.…

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Supervisor Stirrup reports on status of western county road projects May 2011 Read More

Work on I-66-US 29-Linton Hall interchange in Gainesville could be moved up to 2011; right-of-way costliness, complexities viewed Read More

Status of road projects in western county: Linton Hall Rd. complete Aug 2009; Rte. 28; US 15; Old Carolina Rd. Read More