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Culpeper drivers will see several improvements to Business 29, Route 229 and Route 3 completed over the next year or so, improvements that should reduce traffic jams and keep drivers safer.
Bus. 29 is the target of a $3.26 million project that will add details like a new median and will widen Bus. 29 from two lanes to four from Ira Hoffman Lane to a redesigned intersection with Route 666.
The Bus. 29 project is ahead of schedule and is anticipated to be done by next month instead of the original completion date of November 30. Construction was approved because the affected area has grown considerably over the years, and is now home to a number of large retail stores that has drawn traffic from all over the area.
Changes to Route 229 are part of a $3.38 million dollar contract, and consist of three parts: widening of Route 229 north of downtown, widening from Bus. 29 to Fairview Road, and lastly improvements from Fairview Road to the town limits. There are some funding concerns with this project, which is targeted for completion by next June.
One final road improvement project is expected to be done by December. A curved stretch of road on Route 3 near Stevensburg is the target of a number of safety-related changes. This section of Route 3 has seen several fatal accidents over the years, most recently in March when four people died in a crash.
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