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A Silver lining for U.S. 17 drivers
Coming to a highway near you: The Silver Cos. advertise new road in southern Stafford
Date published: 12/31/2008
By KELLY HANNON Digging through the mail at the end of the day, Fredericksburg area residents might flip through a few bills, a magazine and a catalog or two. Recently, residents living in the 22406 ZIP code near U.S. 17 in Stafford found something new in the pile. It was from the Silver Cos., advertising not a store or a sale, but South Gateway Drive. "Avoid Rt. 17 Traffic!" the red, green and yellow card announced. "There's a direct route to I-95!" The holiday-themed card included a map of South Gateway Drive, a nearly $1 million road designed and built by the Silver Cos. South Gateway Drive starts at the entrance to Carter's Crossing, the Silver-developed shopping center anchored with a Target near Interstate 95. South Gateway travels around Carter's Crossing, past the Fredericksburg Auto Auction, and reconnects with Plantation Drive at the former intersection with Tomorrow Street. When the company started planning for Carter's Crossing, it recognized it couldn't widen or alter U.S. 17, said Chris Hornung, Silver vice president of planning and engineering. "What we could do was move forward with a parallel road to 17," Hornung said. Hornung acknowledges the road serves a dual purpose. It's a quick shortcut to avoid U.S. 17 traffic for people who live in the area, and it's an easy way in and out of the shopping center. "I use it almost daily," said George Schwartz, Stafford Board of Supervisors chairman, and supervisor for the Falmouth district. "Most of it is three lanes, with a middle turning lane, and I think the Silver Companies did an excellent job, and I congratulate them." The Silver Cos. took the unusual step of advertising the road because few drivers knew it existed, Hornung said. The advertisement came with a $2 coupon for Foster's Grille, a restaurant in Carter's Crossing. The road, with a speed limit of 25 mph, can carry about 5,000 vehicles a day, Hornung said. Schwartz said traffic will pick up as more drivers discover it. Residents of England Run and Falls Run have anticipated the opening for some time, Schwartz said. "It provides them a way to come down Plantation and avoid going down to U.S. 17 and then down to 95now they just cut down the connector road," he said.
Date published: 12/31/2008
Selling of I-95 HOV
(posted by
DeanFetterolf
, Dec. 31, 2008 7:25 pm)
Bill Howell sold the I-95 HOV lanes to an Australian company that has yet to make a profit on the Dulles Greenway despite years of fare hikes. Howell is an obstructionist and must go. How can he sell HOV lanes that were paid for by mostly Federal dollars?
The law
(posted by
southwest
, Dec. 31, 2008 12:34 pm)
Mr. Zorro, the answer to your question about moratoriums on roads and housing is simple. The courts have ruled that it is illegal for local governments to impose such a moratoriums.
wideopen.... How dare you and
(posted by
lifeisbeautiful
, Dec. 31, 2008 11:11 am)
all those other people clog up the roads working or getting to
and from work. Don't you know there are others trying to shop
and go out to lunch?! And those big rigs! Don't know know
what they do to the environment? ;)
Welcome
(posted by
1eviltwin
, Dec. 31, 2008 10:58 am)
Welcome to Fairfax county south!!!
hpdomi
(posted by
wideopenspace
, Dec. 31, 2008 10:16 am)
It's not our fault we have to make deliveries to McLane and need to be in the left lane if coming from the North. Or if we are coming from the South, headed North we hang it out in the left lane to avoid having to stop for the traffic of the locals attempting to merge at the last possible second at the East Coast. It's not our fault that so many people work at Geico and stuff up 17 everyday, stop placing blind blame in the wrong place. Can't prohibit us from the left lane on a 4 lane highway either.
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