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Date Recent News Releases
November 2009 I-495 Capital Beltway and Route 267 Interchange Information Meeting
September 2009 Transurban-Fluor and AAA Survey: Fifty-six Percent of Capital Beltway Drivers Distracted by Cell Phone Use; One-in-four Reading or Writing Text Messages
August 2009 Steel Beams to be Hoisted at Route 123
July 2009 Bridge Reconstruction Begins Over Beltway HOT Lanes
July 2009 I-495 North at Route 7, Right Lane Closed Until Labor Day
May 2009 Gallows Road Exit Ramp, I-495 North, to be Reconfigured
May 2009 I-495/Capital Beltway HOT Lanes Construction Pumps 11,800 Jobs and $2.7 Billion into Washington Area Economy
April 2009 Oak Street Bridge Over Beltway to Close for One Year
April 2009 Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) Left Lane Closes Week of April 20
March 2009 Gallows Road Eastbound Bridge Closes Week of March 23, Traffic Shift and Detour In Effect Until 2012
February 2009 Braddock Road Overpass Demolition
July 2008 HOT Lanes Construction Begins on the I-495 Beltway in Northern Virginia
July 2008 Fluor-Transurban Consortium Begins Construction on Virginia HOT Lanes
May 2008 Lands and Waters, Capital Beltway HOT Lanes Team Partner to Preserve Local Foliage
May 2008 Traffic Advisory: Lane Closures, Capital Beltway, I-495, and Associated Ramps, May 12-16, 2008 (Daytime)
May 2008 Capital Beltway HOT Lanes Pre-Construction Work Continues
April 2008 Pre-Construction Work Underway for Beltway HOT Lanes, Citizen Info Line Announced
April 2008 Capital Beltway Pre-Construction Work to Begin
April 2008 VDOT to Host Capital Beltway HOT Lanes Public Hearings in Fairfax County
December 2007 Statement of the Governor and US Secretary of Transportation
December 2007 VDOT Completes Agreement for Capital Beltway HOT Lanes
December 2007 Innovative $1.4bn HOT Lane Project Reaches Financial Close
December 2007 Fluor-Transurban Consortium and VDOT Sign Contract to Design, Build and Operate I-495 HOT Lanes
October 2007 VDOT launches regional efforts to keep traffic moving during construction
September 2007 Commonwealth of Virginia, Transurban and Fluor sign partnership agreement for Capital Beltway HOT Lanes
June 2007 VDOT and DRPT to host citizen information meetings: I-95/395
May 2007 Congestion pricing makes headlines across the country
May 2007 Virginia HOT Lanes project launches new Web site
May 2007 Board votes to include I-95/395 project in regional transportation plan