Fort Belvoir awarded $180 million highway work
November 1, 2011 - 01:59 pm
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Department of Defense has awarded Virginia $180 million to widen a highway serving Fort Belvoir.
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced the grant from the department's Office of Economic Adjustment on Tuesday.
The state plans to widen more than 3 miles of Route 1 from four lanes to six lanes between Telegraph Road and Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. McDonnell says 56,000 vehicles a day travel this section.
Construction could begin in 2013.
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