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Draft 495 Express Lanes corridor-wide landscaping plan available

ALEXANDRIA — The Virginia Department of Transportation released the Draft 495 Express Lanes Corridor-wide Landscape Plan today, May 17, for review and comment. The plan covers the entire 14-mile Express Lanes Project corridor from Braddock Road (Route 620) to just north of the Dulles Toll Road (Route 267). All plantings will occur in VDOT right-of-way.

The Virginia General Assembly with support from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors allocated $5 million in funding to prepare and implement the corridor-wide plan. Citizens can view the plan online at www.VAmegaprojects.com.

Comments can be submitted online at info@VAmegaprojects.com or via first-class mail, sent attention to, Larry O. Cloyed, VDOT Senior Project Manager, 6363 Walker Lane, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22310. Comments will be accepted until June 22, 2012.

Once all comments are received and reviewed a final corridor-wide landscape plan will be made available online. The finalized plan will be prepared for advertisement later this year with plantings occurring in spring 2013.  

See the entire 495 Express Lanes corridor-wide landscaping plan.

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Photo Gallery

  • North of Rt. 610 at Garrisonville, construction picks up in the median where two 95 Express Lanes will be, April 24, 2013.
  • South of Dumfries, a ramp will carry motorists from the 95 Express Lanes to Joplin Rd. and the I-95 general purpose lanes, April 24, 2013
  • Crews build bridge across Aquia Creek in Stafford Co. for the 95 Express Lanes, April 24, 2013
  • Crews drill holes near Edsall Rd. exit on I-395 for 95 Express Lanes ramp, April 24, 2013
  • Pile driving is occurring near Edsall Rd. for the ramp to carry motorists from the 95 Express Lanes to I-395 North, April 24, 2013

  • Crews connect a support beam over Russell Rd. near Quantico, March 26, 2013
  • A bridge support beam is lifted over Russell Rd. near Quantico for the 95 Express Lanes project, March 26, 2013
  • Crews secure the beam over Russell Rd. near Quantico for a new 95 Express Lanes bridge, March 26, 2013
  • A crane lifts a chunk of the road during bridge demolition at the Telegraph Rd overpass near Quantico, as part of the 95 Express Lanes project, April 5, 2013.
  • At the Telegraph Rd. overpass near Quantico, the bridge was demolished to make way for the 95 Express Lanes, April 5. 2013
 

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Last Updated: 05/23/2013 11:24 AM

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