does anyone else think VDOT is slow? I mean, sure, theres no benchmark, so theres nothing to compare to, but I still feel like its slower than it should be. On Centreville Rd near the Frying Pan intersection, construction was supposedto start in June of 2007, but never happened. On Route 28, construction on the Willard Rd overpass has not progressed at all since it "began" a month ago.

also, on separate note, i spy gravis (left, i think)!

http://28freeway.com/project-map/5-fryingpan.html

Unless the schedule has been changed, the Frying Pan Rd. interchange is scheduled to start this spring, not last year. They are behind schedule on the Church road/Atlantic Blvd section; that was supposed to be completed last fall.

They sure seem slow. They've been working on expanding West Ox Road into 4 lanes for what seems like forever.

m4ilm4n Wrote:
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> http://28freeway.com/project-map/5-fryingpan.html
>
> Unless the schedule has been changed, the Frying
> Pan Rd. interchange is scheduled to start this
> spring, not last year. They are behind schedule on
> the Church road/Atlantic Blvd section; that was
> supposed to be completed last fall.

I was talking about Centreville Rd in between the West Ox intersection and Frying Pan intersection, not the 28/Frying Pan interchange.

I agree with SBS too, on West Ox Rd near Vale and approaching 50, it was hell for nearly 6 months, the lanes were FINISHED too, but they were closed off forever.

Dont forget the HOV lanes to Gainseville that took 2 years and they only got them half done. A project of that nature could have been done in 6-8 months by competent peoples

that too.
the Air & Space museum parkway thing between Barnsfield and Wall Rd has progressed on the route 28 side, but its supposed to intersect Wall Rd (making Route 28 and the Sully house and museum accessible through Centreville Rd, significantly cutting down traffic at the 50/Centreville Rd intersection, and on McLearen Rd). Seems like nothing's changed in the past 8 months over there. There's signs facing the eastern direction, so its clear that there will be some sort of access road coming from Wall Rd or Centreville Rd, but there's just dirt in front of it. Why?

Its probably a matter of priorities and funding. The Mixing Bowl - amazingly - was done on time and on budget...

okay but the Willard Rd and Route 28 Intersection should be a high priority - have you seen the traffic during rush hour and on Westfield gamedays over there? It's absolutely inundated! The overpass over there will make and enormous difference.

I missed that in your first post, Brett, but you're right - it seems like there's some weird prioritization going on. Stuff that's half-done is just sitting there, but others like widening Rt 15 in Haymarket is going gangbusters.

VDOT itself doesn't build anything....low-bid contractors do. And they have plenty of trouble with those contractors failing to perform, going belly up and all sorts of shit.

coffin Wrote:
> VDOT itself doesn't build anything....low-bid
> contractors do.


FWIW- you can search thru the commonwealth's solicitation notices for Highway Construction to see which prime contractors are scooping up the construction contracts. It doesn't show award values though, the bastards probably make you FOIA that kind of stuff.

Interestingly, I see alot of sole sourcing on the list- someone's making alot of $$ while nobody's watchin!

https://vendor.epro.cgipdc.com/loginEngine/index.jsp?failure_reason=LOGIN_REQUIRED#errAnchor

And the irony is, we have the world's largest road construction outfit headquartered in the county: Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Belvoir.

well now its all done