The Virginia Department of Transportation wants to hear from area residents on the next phase of its effort to widen Interstate 64 on the Peninsula.
Transportation officials are seeking public comment on the proposed Segment II widening of I-64. A design public hearing for the project is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Double Tree Hotel at 50 Kingsmill Road in Williamsburg, according to a VDOT news release.
Plans call for a 7.1-mile section to be widened from four to six lanes, starting about 1 mile west of the Humelsine/Marquis Center exit (Exit 242) near Williamsburg and ending about a half-mile east of the Yorktown Road exit (Exit 247) in Newport News near Lee Hall.
The $214 million project also calls for lengthening ramps along the segment’s four interchanges, and repairing and widening nine bridges and six major culverts that fall within the project’s scope.
Displays of the highway widening project will also be available at the public hearing, the news release said.
Segment I of the project will widen 5.6 miles of I-64 to six lanes from just west of the Jefferson Avenue exit (Exit 255) in Newport News — the infamous choke point — to just east of Exit 247 and west of the Fort Eustis Boulevard exit (Exit 250).
Written comments regarding Segment II widening must be submitted by May 10 to VDOT Professional Engineer Janet Hedrick at 1992 S. Military Highway, Chesapeake, Va. 23320. They can also be mailed to janet.hedrick@vdot.virginia.gov, the news release said. Please reference: “I-64 Segment II Capacity Improvements Comment.”
O’Neal can be reached by phone at 757-247-4744.
