FREDERICKSBURG—The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) planned to begin a project to install a new “road diet” traffic pattern on Route 360 in the Callao and Lottsburg areas of Northumberland County.
The new traffic pattern will be installed:
• From west of the Route 360/Route 202 intersection in Callao to the signal at the intersection.
• From the Route 360/Route 624 intersection to the divided roadway east of Route 632 in Lottsburg.
At each location, lane markings on Route 360 will be installed to have one lane for through travel in each direction and a two-way left turn lane in the center, reported senior communications officer Darragh Frye. The new pattern seeks to reduce the risk of crashes, especially angle, left-turn and rear-end crashes.
Starting as early as Monday, June 23, crews were to begin to eradicate existing pavement markings on….
