Virginia officials have announced a $1-billion package of four highway expansion projects—including three to be designed and built by toll highway specialist Transurban Group—which they hope will unclog often-congested stretches of Interstate-95 and I-495, the Capital Beltway, in the northern part of the state.

弗吉尼亚州的运输部将设计，建造，维护和资助第四个项目，这是Woodbridge的I-95上的新的非收费通道。

The program, which Gov. Ralph Northam (D)宣布on Jan. 29, encompasses agreements with Transurban for two new projects and one unveiled earlier.

Virginia and Transurban have signed deals in recent years for several other toll highway projects on northern Virginia Interstates, including segments of I-95 and the Beltway.

新项目包括一条518luck官网.5亿美元，2.5英里的四个非收费车道的延伸和两条高速公路的延伸。

The second Transurban project is a $45-million, new ramp to allow reversible traffic and linking the I-95 Express Lanes at Opitz Boulevard to an outlet mall and a hospital.

先前宣布的第三个Transurban项目是I-95 Tolled Express Lanes目前送往弗雷德里克斯堡（Fredericksburg）的I-95 Tolled Express Lanes的3.25亿美元延伸。诺斯姆（Northam）的办公室说，该项目（官员称为“弗雷德（Fred）”（Fred Ex） - “已完成，并已达到今年春季的商业关闭状况。”

弗吉尼亚州运输建筑联盟执行副总裁杰弗里·索萨德（Jeffrey Southard）说：“显然，我们对这些项目为我们的成员提供的机会感到兴奋。”18luck官网他补充说：“更重要的是，这里有一个巨大的机会，可以减少交通拥堵并改善北弗吉尼亚州的流动性和连通性，这至关重要。”

A Transurban spokesman said in an email that the company, working with VDOT, will seek design-build bids for the Capital Beltway project and hasn't decided yet what type of contracting it will use on the Opitz Boulevard project.

关于时间表，他补充说：“虽然将继续完善改进的时间表，但最早可以在2020年开始建设。”

Besides the Transurban projects, VDOT plans a new lane in Woodbridge to ease congestion at the I-95 bridge over the Occoquan River. “The Occoquan bottleneck is the worst traffic problem in Virginia,” said State Senator Scott Surovell (D) in a statement. Virginia DOT will be responsible for designing, building, maintaining and funding that project.

诺斯姆办公室交通助理部长艾米·怀特（Amy Wight）通过电子邮件表示，Occoquan Lane项目的预期建筑成本约为3000万美元，“将由Fred Ex Project的一部分成本节省资金。”

Virginia Transportation Secretary Shannon Valentine said in a statement, “These negotiations have resulted in a more than $1 billion investment in transportation infrastructure in these vital regions of Virginia.”

Story updated on 2/4/2019 with cost estimates for three projects, on 2/1/2019 with comments from Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance and on 1/31/2019 with additional information about the projects from Transurban and Gov. Northam's office.