What's That Banging? It's Just Construction For the Interstate 95 Express Lanes
And it'll last until mid-February.
Don't be alarmed if you hear a prolonged series of banging noises in Lorton next week. Starting on Jan. 23, contractors with the Virginia Department of Transportation will be pile-driving during the daytime on Furnace Road and Interstate 95 as part of the $1 billion 95 Express Lanes project. The work is expected to be finished in mid-February. According to VDOT: "This new project will create approximately 29 miles of Express Lanes on I-95. This project will add capacity to the existing HOV Lanes from the Prince William Parkway to the vicinity of Edsall Road; improve the existing two HOV lanes for six miles from Route 234 to the Prince William Parkway. A nine-mile reversible two-lane extension of the existing HOV lanes from Dumfries to …
Sally Spangler
12:20 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
It is not the pile driving that irritates me it is the banging and clanging at night long into the night when I am in bed ready to sleep. It has been going on for some time. I trust that it will reach its conclusion soon. more ›