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VDOT crews make repairs along paved areas of Mt. Gilead Road in Leesburg. The yellow-and-black signs show where gravel road surface ends and paved begins.

VDOT crews make repairs to paved areas of Mt. Gilead Road in Leesburg.

VDOT crews make repairs to paved areas of Mt. Gilead Road in Leesburg.

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News Stories

Ire Rises With Plans for Tower

Leesburg Residents Say Dominion Power Pole Will Be a Blight

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008

Last spring, Dominion Virginia Power officials contacted Kim Graff to ask whether they could gain access to her property to install a steel pole more than 100 feet high behind her Leesburg neighborhood. The pole would be part of the transmission line they were building from Leesburg to Hamilton, they said. Read story and 7 comments »

Officials Break Ground on Roundabout Projects

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Officials from the Route 50 Task Force and the Virginia Department of Transportation broke ground on a $15.8 million roundabout project in the Gilbert's Corner area Friday afternoon in southern Loudoun. Read story »

Plan Would Cut N.Va. Roads Funds 44%

Slowing Economy, Lack of Legislative Fix Create Shortfall

Thursday, April 17, 2008

State lawmakers' failure to increase funding for transportation improvements or come up with a way to allow Northern Virginia to raise its own taxes for such projects will result in a 44 percent reduction in statewide spending for roads over six years, according to projections released yesterday. Read story »

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