Here is a map showing the planned work at the Falmouth intersection. Click for a larger image.
Businesses have started moving from the Falmouth intersection in Stafford County as the Virginia Department of Transportation prepares to begin demolition work.
Blazes, which sells hearth and patio products, recently moved out of the space it had occupied for nearly 25 years at the intersection of U.S. 1, U.S. 17 and Butler Road. The company reopened Monday in its former warehouse not far away at 19 Baron Park Road.
Jim Wicker, whose Potomac Realty Inc. brokerage firm was on Butler Road near the intersection, is moving to an office near BJ?s Wholesale Club on State Route 3 in Spotsylvania County. He said VDOT has now acquired the property he was in.
In May, VDOT paid about $1.3 million for a 1.5-acre former bank property at the Falmouth intersection that Silver Cos. CEO Larry Silver had owned.
Eventually VDOT will acquire?27 properties for the $25 million project, which will widen the often-clogged intersection with eight new turn lanes.?The completed project ? which will also include new medians, trees, stone walls and a sign welcoming drivers to Falmouth ? is expected to reduce waits at the intersection to about a minute in 2016.
VDOT spokeswoman Tina Bundy said the department expects to close on all the properties at the four corners of the intersection by the end of October. Occupants are then given 30 days to vacate.
The owners of Glover Enterprises and Koons Automotive could not be reached Tuesday afternoon to discuss their relocation plans. Bundy said the Stafford Fire & Rescue Department will use the?Koons building for training for a short time.
She said demolition work on the buildings will begin in November and should be completed by the end of the year. Construction on the project is expected to start in early 2014 and last up to two years.
We will have more details in an upcoming FLS article.
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