Kent Marrs LOUDOUN COUNTY OFFICE OF CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION Tim belcher DEWBERRY

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Kent MarrsLOUDOUN COUNTY OFFICE OFCAPITAL
CONSTRUCTIONTim belcherDEWBERRY
ROUTE 7/607 INTERCHANGECONSTRUCTION UPDATE

• JUNE 23, 2009

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Project History

• Countywide Transportation Plan calls for Route 7
  to be a limited-access highway between Leesburg
  and Algonkian Parkway.
• The Route 607 (Loudoun County Parkway)
  interchange is another step towards this goal.

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Project History

• Construction funds from 2006 Bond Referendum
• Proffer design from Collin Equities approved May
  2008
• Loudoun County Office of Capital Construction
  picked up utility coordination, right-of-way
  negotiations, and many other construction tasks
• Construction advertisement ended November 2008
  with winning bid from Shirley Contracting at
  23.3 million.
• Board of Supervisors approved award in December
  2008.
• Construction began January 2009.

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Project Scope

• Grade-separated Single Point Urban Interchange
  (SPUI)
• Four new ramps and bridge over Route 7
• ½ mile new Loudoun County Parkway
• Numerous Utility Relocations
• 2200 LF of 24 gas transmission line
• 2800 LF of 30 water line replacement and upgrade
• 6000 LF of communication duct bank
• Closure of three access points to remove two
  Route 7 traffic signals
• Eastern Smith Circle (August 2009)
• George Washington Boulevard (March 2010)
• Richfield Way (March 2010)

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Utility Relocation
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Roadway Drainage Construction
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Bridge Construction
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Upcoming Closures

• Steel erection and open cut work scheduled to
  begin week of July 27 taking approximately six
  weeks
• Night closures beginning at 9PM complete by 5AM
• Two out of three lanes closed on Route 7 for
  majority of night
• 15-minute complete closures of Route 7 to lift
  steel in place
• After steel is secured, traffic queue will be
  allowed to dissipate.
• Please plan ahead to use alternate routes!

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Permanent Closures

• Presidential Drive will be barricaded and
  abandoned once new Loudoun County Parkway is in
  operation.
• In coordination with Department of Fire, Rescue,
  and Emergency Management, emergency access will
  be installed so there will be no change in
  response times.

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Stage 1 Construction
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Stage 2 Construction
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Stage 2 Detour
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Questions?
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For more information contact

• Kent Marrs
• Project Manager
• Loudoun County Office of Capital Construction
• Kent.Marrs_at_loudoun.gov
• www.loudouncountytransportation.com