Two Prince William County roads that will ease congestion were opened Tuesday.
A bottleneck between Balls Ford Road and Devlin Road on Wellington Road that would slow 6,000 cars every rush hour was made into one intersection and widened by the county for$5.3 million.
“It was a very congested road because you had two intersections very close to each other,” said Saif Gargha, the county’s project manager.
Each morning, drivers would make a right onto Wellington from Devlin and then an immediate left onto Balls Ford Road. Both intersections, less than a tenth of a mile apart, have traffic lights. The pattern switched in the evening.
Final improvements on Wellington Road near University Boulevard will be completed by September.
The county also opened the new Manassas Municipal Airport access road, which connects Route 234 and the Prince William Parkway to the airport.
The $3.75 million project used state, airport access, Manassas and local developer funds. Prince William County took the lead in the construction of the project, which is in an area planned for commercial development.
“We anticipate that will generate quite a bit of employment opportunities once the road is opened. But it will also give people very easy access to the [Virginia Railway Express] station at Broad Run,” said Sean Connaughton, Prince William Board of County Supervisors chair.
Road Construction Projects Under Way in Prince William
» Dale Boulevard turn-lane extensions at Forestdale Court
» Widening of Linton Hall Road between Route 29 to Devlin Road
» Adding one lane and one HOV lane to I-66 between Route 234 and the bypass
» Closing the crossover on Prince William Parkway at Malta Street
» Replacing the Route 123 bridge over the Occoquan River
» Widening Route 234
