STERLING, Va. — Millions of dollars are being spent to make the daily commute more tolerable in Northern Virginia. Ground has been broken on new improvements on Va. 28.
“Route 28, as you know, is one of the most congested corridors in Northern Virginia,” says Gary Garczynski, Northern Virginia district representative of the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
“Traffic jams and congestion are sort of what drive people’s stress in Northern Virginia, adds Martin Nohe, Prince William County supervisor and the chairman of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority.
The transportation planners have ceremoniously broken ground on the first phase of a $99 million project to widen Va. 28. The goal is to improve the commute on the busy road from Manassas to Dulles International Airport.
“It will be congestion relief for Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park,” says Sharon Bulova, chairwoman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Elected leaders believe that the road improvements along Va. 28 will ease the daily commute for 125,000 motorists.
Widening Va. 28 is one of 37 road and public transit projects either underway or in the planning stages in Northern Virginia. Other projects include widening U.S. 1 in Dumfries, improvements to the Fairfax County Parkway and the Va. 15 bypass at Edwards Ferry Road in Leesburg.
