VA Governor Terry McAuliffe has just announced the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) approved funding for the development of several new road projects to ease congestion and improve the quality of life for residents and the traveling public in the Norfolk region.
“The public played an important role in helping the CTB to shape the transportation program, making the best use of limited resources on projects that will ease congestion and move traffic more efficiently.” commented McAuliffe.
A total of $13.1 billion will be spent on transportation improvements over the next six years starting this year..
A few of the major road projects in the Norfolk region will be:
I-64 widening on the Peninsula – A $144 million project to widen about 5.5 miles of I-64 from east of Yorktown Road (Exit 247) to west of Jefferson Avenue (Exit 255). Improvements include adding a lane and shoulder, widening this section of I-64 from four to six lanes in each direction. This section is currently the most congested section of the I-64 Peninsula corridor. The widening is expected to occur in the median of the existing interstate, limiting the amount of right of way required to build the project and avoid impacts to existing interchanges. Construction is expected to begin in summer of 2015.
Route 58 improvements – $31.5 million will go toward rebuilding the Route 58 Interchange in Southampton County. This project will relocate Route 742 with a bridge over the Route 58 Bypass. Loops, a ramp and a spur will be added to create an interchange. There is also a right turn lane to be added to accommodate the businesses along Route 58 Bypass east.
Military Highway in Norfolk – $113 million to improve the southern section of Military Highway from Lowery Road to Broad Creek, from Broad Creek to the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks and the northern section of Military Highway near I-64 and Robin Hood Road. The three sections are now planned to be bundled into one Design Build project. It will feature a continuous flow intersection, which moves left turning vehicles, conflicting with the opposing through movement, away from the main intersection. This will improve safety and move traffic more efficiently at the main intersection.
Turnpike Road – $22.5 million in construction funding to finish rebuilding one mile of Turnpike Road (Route 337) from east of Frederick Boulevard to Constitution Avenue.
Transit improvements – Development of the Tide extension to Virginia Beach, capital improvements to support two additional trains to Norfolk and Virginia Port Authority rail projects.
The program also allocates funding to rehabilitate 150 lane miles of primary routes and 240 lane miles of interstate roads in the region, and addresses 29 structurally deficient bridges.
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