Residents to Save 10-15 Minutes with Completed Rollins Ford Road Project

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Prince William County officials predict that once the Rollins Ford Road Project is completed, residents will save 10 to 15 minutes on their commute times when Linton Hall and Vint Hill Roads are connected in May of 2014. “Currently there are two ways for residents in this area to get from Vint Hill Road to Linton Hall Road. That’s by going through Glenkirk Road or by going down Sudley Manor Drive,” said Leonard Coleman, Construction Manager for Prince William County Department of Transportation. While much of the $15.1 million county-funded project is near completion, Coleman said most of the remaining work is on a 4-lane bridge that spans Broad Run. “You’ll have 365-foot double-span, twin bridges; one bridge for the southbound and one bridge for the northbound,” Coleman said. “It’s a pretty big, long bridge.” Besides the bridge, grading work is underway for a new community park.
According to Coleman, the project’s timeline could have been extended due to nesting American Bald Eagles at the site who interfered with plans to blast through rock.
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“As soon as the eagles left, controlled blasting resumed,” Coleman said. “The eagle was able to have its chick and also use its nest throughout the duration of the project.”
PWC is funding the project through a 2006 Bond Referendum.
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