Prince William Times 09/08/2022

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FOOTBALL: Colgan is 2-0 for the first time ever, Gainesville wins first game. SPORTS, Pages 14-15

September 8, 2022 | Vol. 21, No. 36 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | $1.00 Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

City of Manassas School Board race draws a crowd

Tolled I-66 ‘Express Lanes’ open on expressed timeline

6 candidates vie for 3 open seats By Cher Muzyk

Times Staff Writer

Six candidates – including one incumbent, two who were appointed in the last year and three newcomers – are competing for three seats on the Manassas City School Board this November. Although county and state elections won’t happen until 2023, the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, as well as Prince William County’s four towns, will hold elections this fall as a result of local efforts and a state law change pushing town elections to the fall of even years. Town elections were previously held in the spring. See CANDIDATES, page 4 PHOTOS BY DOUG STROUD

Contractors review plans while standing on a not-yet-open on ramp to the Interstate 66 Express Lanes off Century Park Drive in Manassas.

Police: Undercover officer was robbed, threatened with a gun before police shooting

Western-most 9 miles set to open ahead of schedule on Sept. 10

By Jill Palermo

By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

Times Staff Writer

Prince William County is about to get another corridor of high-occupancy toll lanes – this time cutting through Gainesville and Manassas. A 9-mile section of the tolled, Interstate 66 Express Lanes are expected to open sometime this coming weekend, with the target opening on Saturday, Sept. 10, Virginia Department of Transportation officials announced Friday. The exact opening date had not yet been announced as of Wednesday, Sept. 7 and will depend on final, weather-dependent preparations, according to a VDOT news release. The newest stretch of toll lanes will span from U.S. 29 in Gainesville to Va. 28 in Centreville. The remaining 13 miles of Express Lanes, stretching between Va. 28 and Interstate 495, or the Capital Beltway, are scheduled to open in December 2022, the release said.

“We are pleased to join our 66 Express Lanes project partners in opening the first segment of one of Virginia’s largest megaprojects ahead of schedule,” VDOT Commissioner Stephen Brich said in a statement. “By opening the western segment of the new 66 Express Lanes early, we are able to start delivering congestion relief to I-66 travelers sooner than originally planned.”

Before a police-involved shooting in Dale City last week – an incident that resulted in the death of a 19-year-old Woodbridge man – the suspects attempted to rob an undercover police officer and threatened him with a handgun, according to new information released Wednesday morning by Prince William County police. The shooting, which took place at about 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1 in the 14700 block of Fox Grove Court in Dale City, resulted in the death of Jaiden Malik Carter, 19, of Woodbridge. Carter succumbed to his injuries at an area hospital on Sunday, Sept. 4, according to 1st Sgt. Jonathan Perok, a Prince William County police spokesman.

See I-66, page 2

See SHOOTING, page 7

I-66 Express Lane sign outside the Cushing Road commuter lot in Gainesville.

Firefighters restore 200-year-old home, page 11

Arts Alive! comes to Hyton Performing Arts Center this Sunday, page 12

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