VDOT Eliminates Left Turns from Old Centreville to Rt 28
VDOT project will improve intersection of Old Centreville/Blooms Quarry Road at Rt. 28 and lengthen the Rt. 28 left turn lane at Manassas Drive in Manassas Park. Construction begins next month.
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Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) officials say construction on a project designed to make the Route 28 intersection at Old Centreville Road/Blooms Quarry Lane safer is set to begin this summer.
The roadways are located right at the Prince William County/Manassas Park line.
The project will eliminate the ability for most left turns currently available at the intersection, but motorists will still be able to turn left onto Blooms Quarry Lane from southbound Rt. 28, according to the project's design plan.
The southbound Rt. 28 dual left-turn lanes to eastbound Manassas Drive will be lengthened by modifying the existing raised concrete median.
The improvements are designed to eliminate conflicting traffic movements and improve safety, according to information about the project on VDOT's website. A study conducted by VDOT revealed at least eight ways a crash could occurr at the intersection in its current design, where there is no traffic light.
In addition, the crash study found a total of eight crashes with injuries did occurr in the immediate intersection from January 2005 to December of 2007. There were 16 reported incidents without injuries during the same time period in that area.
The project was recently updated from "proposed" to "under construction" after the public hearing process ended. VDOT says construction could begin as early as July 2012 and should be done by the end of October 2012. Cost for the project is about $230,000 for construction, and Arthur Construction Co. is the contractor.
BloomsCrossingMom
7:48 am on Sunday, June 3, 2012
So no left turn from 28 N to Old Centreville? The article says the only left will be on to Blooms Quarry. That will increase cut through for those residential neighborhoods for people trying to go to the Rec Center. Kline's corner has a light, but it is just as bad and unsafe. Horrible for Manassas Park.
Jamie M. Rogers
11:05 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
I think that may still be allowed BloomsCrossingMom. I think the aim of the project is to stop those complicated turns onto Route 28 from Old C-Ville and Blooms Quarry Road.
MPSince03
11:11 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
I think BloomsCrossingMom is correct in that there will be no left turns from 28N to Old Centreville. This removal will greatly improve the safety of those making a left turn from 28S to Blooms Quarry (visibility) and improve the flow of traffic on 28S as cars are not braking and dodging cars attempting to cross. This is a very welcome change.
Erin Gibson
3:57 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012
That is correct. The project eliminates three of the four left turns currently available at that intersection, including the left turn from Rte. 28 to Old Centreville Road. The ONLY left turn at the intersection that will still be allowed after the improvements will be from southbound Rte. 28 onto Blooms Quarry Lane.
Jason
1:44 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Its about time, this will be a major improvement to the existing conditions.
The Old Centreville Rd/Route 28 connection should be eliminated in general and Old Centreville Rd should eventually be connected with Mathis Dr.
@BloomsCrossingMom
Just take Manassas Dr to Courtney to Tremont to the Rec Center