Each spring, usually around the end of April and well into May, shad move to the shallows to spawn and the first couple of daylight often produces line stretching action on every game fish species in the lake. Catfish, white bass, hybrids and stripers and largemouth bass move into the shallows to feed on the easy pickings.

A fishing trip this past week with Cedar Creek Lake guide Jason Barber proved this statement to be spot on. The trick is getting on the water at first light, throwing the cast net a couple times somewhere near the shoreline in shallow water to catch shad for bait and then heading, post haste to a windblown shoreline. On last weeks outing, my buddy Jeff Rice and I met Barber and his son Jacob at Sandy Shores Marina at daybreak. The father and son team caught bait with a couple tosses of the cast net and we were off to fish along a rock bulkhead.

Many years ago, I was visiting with my longtime friend, the legendary Bill Dance. I remember commenting to Bill that the wave action had pushed shad up close to the shore, which was the reason for the great bass fishing.

Bills reply made a lot of sense to me. Luke, dont you think these shad can swim where they wish to, even against the current? Its not the wave action that causes them to be up shallow during early morning. Its the zooplankton on the submerged vegetation that the shad are feeding upon that causes them to go shallow at night in the warmer water and remain there the first couple hours of daylight during their spawn.

Id been aware of the excellent shallow water fishing because of the heavy presence of shad for years but until my friend explained the cause to me, I never fully understood the why of their presence each spring.

As Barber eased the throttle back on his boat an easy cast from the rock retaining wall, Jacob dropped the anchor and the boat came about on a taunt anchor rope. We soon had threadfin shad rigged on small, stout hooks with just enough weight to make casting easy.

We have been hammering blue and channel catfish here and big schools of white bass are moving in to feed. We should have no problem getting you guys the makings of a humongous fish fry. says Barber.

We didnt have long to wait for the action to begin. The wake from our boat had no more than dissipated on the waters surface when the blue catfish began hitting our baits. I was connecting with about half the bites, the eater blues, weighing between 2 and 4 pounds were on a very aggressive bite and hitting the baits hard. If we werent ready to set the hook quickly, the fish had the bait and was gone. We all settled down to the current pattern and kept tension on our lines. In a matter of minutes, we had boated ten or twelve fish and then a school of white bass moved in. Their bite was more tentative than that of the catfish, often pecking the bait once and then picking it up in a serious attempt to eat. The trick was to stay attuned to our baits via a taunt line and when we actually felt the weight of the fish, rear back and set the hook. I began cranking the reel handle slowly which caused the shad to move along bottom. With this method, even the slightest bite is detected and the tension on the line often creates an instant hook set.

Out catch was truly a smorgasbord. We even caught several good eating freshwater drum. When Barber asked if we wished to keep and eat them, he gave an understanding nod when I replied that we did. Smaller drum are excellent eating. Barber, who I have fished with for years, and I have a running joke about keeping those slimy trash fish. Drum arent listed as a game fish but they are very hard fighters and tasty when fried crispy in hot cooking oil.

Barbers plan was to fish the leeward side of a submerged point for hybrid stripers after the first couple hours of shallow water action. The wind was a bit too strong for the open water fishing so, with a cooler full of catfish and white bass, we headed to the sheltered side of a point and switched from shad to lead slabs. Im sure more white bass are caught with slabs than any other bait, especially in Texas. The trick here was to make long casts and retrieve by hopping the baits along bottom. We spent thirty minutes or so slabbing for the plentiful and aggressive white bass and then headed back to the fish cleaning station at Sandy Shores.

We Texans are bless with many lakes such as Cedar Creek that provide excellent fishing for several species. We left the lake with several gallons of tasty fillets and that contented feeling one gets from spending time in the outdoors with great friends, good medicine for these trying times we are all experiencing right now.

Contact Luke via his website http://www.catfishradio.org. Guide Jason Barber at http://www.kingscreekadventures.com or call 903-603-2047

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"For him to go above and beyond to focus it down on one kid, it's special. That's a special teacher," said Tatum Hunter, mom of 6th grade student Cade Hunter.

FORT WORTH, Texas As we begin Teacher Appreciation Week, there is plenty of appreciation in Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD for a 6th grade math teacher. Because in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, with schools closed and students limited to on-line distance learning, he sometimes makes house calls.

River Trails Elementary, like schools everywhere, is a pretty quiet and lonely place right now. And for students like Cade Hunter, a 6th grader with high-functioning autism, learning at home can be a pretty lonely process too. And one day last week, his online session with his favorite match teacher "Mr. B" was not going well.

"We've circled back around to geometry," Christopher Butts, AKA "Mr. B" said of the course work they are re-visiting after sessions in geometry and algebra ended right before the school closed at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis nation-wide.

And for Cade the word problems were causing a lot of problems.

"Well the first issue was on my end," said Mr. B. "I kept having problems with technology."

So with neither their online meeting nor the concepts properly connecting, Mr. B decided to cut to the chase.

"Eventually I said I'll just come over there."

Cade's mom took a single picture of the driveway class. Mr. B was seated on a front yard retaining wall with a white board perched on top of a plastic egg crate for a desk. Cade sat in the driveway in an outdoor chair with a TV tray to hold his class notes. Properly socially distanced, Mr. B stayed 45 minutes until Cade understood it all again.

"When I got here and we were able to talk face to face, you could tell this is really what he needs more than anything," Mr. B said.

"It's dedication. It is dedication," Cade's mom Tatum Hunter said.

Which is what she wrote on her Facebook page, praising the teacher. "If that's not dedication," she wrote, "I'm not sure what is."

"For him to go above and beyond to focus it down on one kids, it's special. That's a special teacher," she told WFAA. "I mean, he's an amazing teacher."

Last year Mr. B was the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD teacher of the year. Now we know why.

"I'm just doing what I think probably most of the teachers that I work with would do, really," he said. "There's a lot of good teachers right now doing a lot of good things, and I wish they could all be recognized. "

Cade's dad, by the way, works in health care. That's why there's a sign for those heroes in their front yard that says "thank you health care workers." And in Mr. B, they say they have another hero too.

"They have great teachers at my school," Cade said.

Great teachers doing great things wherever that school, or that classroom, might happen to be.

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THUMBS UP to Dr. Tammy Donahue for being awarded the West Virginia Council of Teachers of English by the groups executive committee. The honor is given to outstanding classroom teachers who make a positive impact on students and in their school communities. Dr. Donahue is a third grade teacher at Maxwell Hill Elementary in Beckley. She has 23 years experience in the classroom and has also served as assistant principal and principal. She is a graduate of University of Virginia, Virginia Tech University, and Marshall University. Dr. Donahue demonstrates commitment to collaboration, research and the emotional and intellectual growth of students. Donahue says a teachers goal and purpose should be to inspire our students to forever seek new knowledge and understanding that will enable them to make good decisions to positively impact humankind.

THUMBS UPtothe West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg for continuing its months-long refurbishing of the front lawn area. City officials are also doing their part to spruce up adjacent Lee Street with a repaving project. City council approved a $20,544 bid by Greenbrier Excavating to repave the street. WVSOM undertook demolition of the crumbling retaining wall along Lee Street and added a sidewalk. The school has placed three flagpoles on the front lawn, and the cracked pillars on each side of the stairway have been replaced. Decorative stone is being added to the front of the retaining wall adjacent to the pillars. WVSOM is also installing an electric sign near the Silo Lane entrance to the campus and adding two groups of parking spaces.

THUMBS UPtothe Wyoming County Veterans Memorial now being handicap-accessible. Additionally, construction on two new eight-foot panels in the commemorative wall has been completed and the granite, for the bottom of the new panels, has been installed. The memorial bricks include the veterans name, rank, military branch, and years of service.

THUMBS UPtoBeckley Area Foundation for giving a $1,600 grant to support its Food for Angels program. The award comes from the COVID19 Emergency Response Funding at the Community Foundation. Debra Davis, executive director of One Voice Inc., said the funds would be used to continue to serve snack bags to high-risk school-age students during the health crisis. The Food for Angels program addresses the problem of food insecurities in the home. This program currently serves 360 students in Raleigh County each month with a weekly distribution of snack bags in order to bridge the food insufficiency gap.

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In a report to city council's finance committee, it's finally been revealed just how much the City of Calgary is spending to stabilize a slope in the southeast communities of Douglasdale and McKenzie Lake.

"The value of the work that has been done to date is $21.6 million and the estimated cost at completion is $28 million," states the report.

Work has been ongoing for the past few years. The goal is to stabilize the slope which was gradually slumping into the Bow River valley below it.

Several sections of a city pathway were damaged and that had some residents of the area keeping a watchful eye out their back windows, just metres from the edge of the slope.

The city had contractors place hundreds of concrete piles some as deep as 30 metres to shore up the hillside and build a 300 metre long retaining wall.

The cost of the repairs was known internally last year but city officials refused to release it publicly.

This information is only reaching the public domain now because Coun. Peter Demong called last November for a report to council on the expenditure.

If he hadn't, the figure might have remained confidential for years to come under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.

Demong tells CBC News he's glad the figure is finally public information.

"Am I happy about it? No. Do I realize that some things are going to cost money? Yeah," said the long-time council member who represents the area.

"I'm always stunned at how much stuff costs. Having said that, we are talking about stabilizing an entire section of a neighbourhood."

The problems with the slope were detected back in 2005.

Following heavy rains in 2016, the problem had gotten worse and sections of a city pathway collapsed.

The portion of the pathway on the edge of the slope north of 130th Avenue remains closed to pedestrians and cyclists.

Construction continues at the site and the work is expected to be completed this summer.

Demong said he hopes that the city's planning department will take into account the possibility of similar situations elsewhere and will prevent anything from being built too close to the edges of slopes.

"I know of several that could come along those lines. We're talking Cranston. There's Legacy. There's a whole lot of little areas all through the city that could become potential issues," said Demong.

The report notes that a monitoring program is in place to guard against any more problems on the slope and that future work may be required if the slumping continues.

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The Sandy Springs Police Department has arrested two suspects trying to elude officers in a stolen car during an incident that looked like it came straight out of an action movie or Dukes of Hazard script.

According to a news release, April 30 just after 4 p.m., officers were in the area of Dunwoody Place and Northridge Road when they say a white 2008 Range Rover that had been stolen earlier in Douglas County.

As they tried to stop it, the Range Rover fled, hitting two police vehicles. It then drove west on Northridge Road, crossing over Roswell Road and entering a shopping center located at 8290 Roswell Road.

The vehicle, in an attempt to elude officers, drove to the rear of the shopping center at a high rate of speed, going through a fence and driving off of an 18-foot-high retaining wall, travelling approximately 65 feet before landing in a wooded area in between the shopping center and the Veridian at Sandy Springs Apartments (1800 Windridge Drive), the release stated. The driver and passenger of the Range Rover were taken into custody and were transported to a local hospital to receive medical treatment for their non-life-threatening injuries sustained during the incident. No officers or pedestrians were injured during this incident.

The driver was identified as Dylan Crutchfield, 18, of LaFayette, and the passenger was identified as Janard Kirksey, 36, of Sandy Springs. Both suspects had outstanding warrants from other jurisdictions, including an aggravated assault warrant for Kirksey.

Crutchfield was charged with reckless driving, red light violation, failure to maintain his lane, theft by receiving stolen auto, theft by receiving stolen firearm, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, fleeing to elude and hit and run.

Kirksey was charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and two counts of theft by receiving stolen property.

Police said more charges are possible for both suspects both regarding the Sandy Springs incident and the alleged theft of the Range Rover in Douglas County, where authorities are working with the Douglas Sheriffs Office on that part of the investigation.

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Just one month after getting married, Heather and Jim had sold their separate homes and moved into their new Edwardian property. With four grown-up children to host on weekend visits, the couple set about creating the perfect entertaining space , and achieving the indoor-outdoor link we all covet.

Lifestyle benefits aside, Heather and Jim were eager to inject interest into their spacious kitchen-diner, like the architectural oak beams that highlight the sloping extension roof. They reveal the steps they took to achieve their dream kitchen

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French doors with glass panels maximise the light in the living area and give easy access to the side garden. French doors, Windowplus. Sofa, Sofa.com. Footstool, John Lewis & Partners. Cushions, Ikea. Pendant light, Wayfair. For a similar dining table, try Barker & Stonehouse. Pendant lights, Next

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The ownersHeather Stewart, a blood transfusion practitioner,and her husband, Jim, who runs a sales agency businessThe propertyA three-bedroom semi-detached Edwardian house in Giffnock, GlasgowProject cost136,250

We loved this house in the first 20 seconds we viewed it, Heather says, but we didnt appreciate how poor the light was in the kitchen until we moved in. At first, we were going to make do with the original layout as there was a big, serviceable dining room and separate kitchen, but having a utility room, toilet and outhouse between the kitchen and garden meant there was no connection to the outside space. We wanted to upsize as we needed space to seat ourselves, our kids and their partners when they visit. It was time to try modern, open-plan living.

With 23 steps to the top, splitting the garden into three tiers that follow the sun has made it much more usable particularly now its linked to the kitchen-diner with sliding doors. Anthracite Grey composite decking, UPM ProFi Deck. Glass balustrading, CTM Fabrications. Sliding doors, Windowplus

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Id worked with the architects twice before, so I knew theyd make a great team, Jim says. We knocked through the warren of rear rooms and extended one metre beyond the footprint. It required extensive groundworks to remove 200 tonnes of earth from the sloping rear garden and build a new retaining wall using bricks from the internal dividing walls wed knocked down. Luckily, there was a single-track road at the top of the garden for access, but the job required underpinning and specialist house insurance to cover us during the build.

Wood beams made on site support the new kitchen extension and frame a bespoke extractor made by Kelvent. Planar units and Maxtop worktops, Magnet. Bar stools, Atlantic Shopping. Flooring, Karndean. Appliances, AEG

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Jim project managed the build, but I took control of the kitchen design, reveals Heather. I wanted a clean-lined look, so I picked high-gloss units teamed with Maxtop Quartz work surfaces to reflect the light. Its all drawers because I dont like cupboards and there isnt much wall space.'

The kitchen has a view of the raised garden. The green blind echoes the vibrant colours of the plants outside. Schock sink, Magnet

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The project overran by a few weeks because materials were delayed, but we have nothing but praise for the builders, Heather says. I can enjoy my terraced garden now, and Im embracing open-plan living.'

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The space has three distinct parts that follow the sun, which we call lower, middle and upper earth!' reveals Heather. 'Its taken a while to get used to cooking in an open space you have to be relaxed about mess but its great for parties and family gatherings. The only downside is that our beautiful front room gets neglected the last time we used it was on Christmas Day.

The living area is a cosy space where Heather and Jim can spend time curled up in front of a roaring fire. Stove, HWAM. Chair, Sofa.com

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Shortly before 11 p.m., Rogersville police responded to a residence on Park Boulevard Circle on a report of a man beating on the door asking to come in.

By the time Officer Wesley Seals arrived, the man was gone, but Seals located a gold 1999 Toyota Camry wedged between a back porch of the residence and a retaining wall.

The alleged driver, Eric William Squirrel Rector, 37, of White Pine, was located in the nearby Hardees restaurant parking lot by Hawkins County Sheriffs Office Deputy Casey Carter and taken into custody.

Seals stated in his report that video surveillance from the ABB plant at 100 Baldor Drive revealed that Rector was the driver of a gold Toyota Camry that was being sought by police that evening after it passed through the plant security checkpoint without stopping earlier that night.

Rector then allegedly exited the site by crashing through a locked metal gate at the opposite end of the property.

When police searched the Camry, they reportedly observed a syringe on the drivers side floorboard and a glasses case under the seat that contained meth in two separate baggies as well as two more syringes, a Buprenorphine pill and other drug paraphernalia.

A pill bottle with four more Buprenorphine pills was found in the center console.

Rector, whose license has been revoked since 2010, was charged with two counts of failure to give immediate notice of an accident, possession of meth, possession of Schedule III narcotics, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving on a revoked license, and no insurance.

As of Friday, he remained held in the Hawkins County Jail without bond pending arraignment in Sessions Court Monday morning.

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By Troy R. Bennett, BDN Staff April 30, 2020 1:00 am Updated: April 30, 2020 5:53 am

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PORTLAND, Maine An anonymous, spray-painted mural appeared on a retaining wall beneath the sewage treatment plant on the East End this week. The yards-long image is a thank you card to essential workers still on the job amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

Dedicated to the helpers and the heroes, it simply reads thank you in 6-foot-high letters on a purple background. On the sides of the written words are cartoon depictions of some of those heroes and helpers.

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A panoramic picture shows a mural in Portland dedicated to essential workers like grocery store clerks, nurses and sanitation workers.

A bus driver, a nurse, a doctor and sanitation worker can be seen along with an ambulance, grocery store clerk and mother or possibly a teacher with two children.

The artwork is not signed.

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A mural thanking essential workers adorns a retaining wall below Portland's sewage processing plant on the East End on Tuesday.

The 100-foot wall is a city-sanctioned surface for spray-can graffiti artists. In 2016 it bore a controversial depiction of then Gov. Paul LePage in Ku Klux Klan regalia. The city refused to remove it citing the First Amendment, but it sparked a controversy over the wall that spilled into 2017. Ultimately the city and the Portland Water District, which operates the sewage treatment plant, decided to keep the wall open to artists.

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New Knicks President Leon Rose decided to exercise leftover GM Scott Perrys option for next year, which was a mistake.

The New York Knicks took another plunge in renovating their front office after the reassignment of Steve Mills and the hiring of Leon Rose to the role of President of Basketball Operations. Last week, the Knicks hired Cavaliers salary cap expert Brock Aller to a high-ranking role, which was met with praise due to Allers role in some of Clevelands salary cap maneuvers to re-acquire LeBron James.

The latest move, however, will be met with confusion from the basketball world and the Knicks fanbase.

On Wednesday, Newsdays Steve Popper reported that the New York Knicks would retain General Manager Scott Perry for the 202021 season, amidst front office turnover. There were concerns that the new team president, Rose, would move on from Perry after replacing Mills, who was reassigned to a non-basketball role on February 4th.

It feels as if the Knicks are wasting another chance to make a true change among their front office and roster.

Since hiring Perry to the GM role on July 14, 2017, the Knicks have failed to win more than 30 games in any of his three seasons there. While their draft pick selections have been buoyed by the selection of Mitchell Robinson in the second round of the 2018 draft, Kevin Knoxthe eighth overall pick of the same draftremains one of the worst players in the league.

Under Perry and Mills watch, the Knicks have failed to develop two lottery picks and 2019 first-round pick R.J. Barrett during his abbreviated rookie season. That, and the 2019 offseason, remain an abomination to team construction, as the Knicks spent close to $70 million on new players, winning just four more games than the previous campaign.

SNYs Ian Begley suggested that the move was based more on the relationship between Perry and Leon Rose, leading back to the Carmelo Anthony trade of September 2017.

Take a closer look at Perrys track record and the question looms larger: Why are the Knicks saving a front office member who has lacked success in any of his previous two tenures?

With Perry as the second in command to Rob Hennigan, the Orlando Magic hit on two of their four draft picks (Victor Oladipo and Aaron Gordon) and the former didnt truly develop until his departure from the franchise. In his three-month stint in Sacramento, Perry oversaw the selection of franchise point guard DeAron Fox but clogged the roster with failed veteran moves like Vince Carter, Zach Randolph, and George Hill.

Its hard to divvy up the blame among front office members, but while Scott Perry has been the second-in-command in his previous stops, theres no track record over the last decade to suggest that he should be in charge of anything outside of being a voice in the draft room, where his success has been hit or miss recently. Placing him in a GM role, even with Rose at the top of the food chain, is a lackluster move.

The bigger, underlying issue here is the lack of initiative by New York, Leon Rose, and ownership in truly revamping this front office. Instead of conducting an actual search and loading up on talented front-office members, the Knicks remain aloof, continuing to eschew a true talent search for hiring people based solely on past relationships.

The general manager position is important to the team presidents role because of Roses inexperience. Rose needs to solidify his front office with experienced front-office members who have succeeded in multiple aspects. Aller has had success as a salary cap expert, which will assist in rebuilding the roster around a group of young talent. The decision to retain Perry doesnt do much for that. Even his recent draft record has been spotty at best.

The New York Knicks have an important offseason ahead of them and so far, mistakes have been made when it comes to renovating the front office. The decision to offer Leon Rose the job before interviewing anyone else was puzzling at the time, but one can justify it based on the trend of former agents-led front offices and Roses power during his tenure as an agent. The decision to retain and extend Scott Perry after one of the worst seasons in Knicks history is confounding.

Deciding to keep Perry as the GM after a dubious free-agency haul this past offseason and lackluster draft selections is a puzzling move from Leon Rose and the New York Knicks.

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ROUTE 29 / GAINESVILLE

Route 29 North and South from Heathcote Boulevard to University Boulevard

Continuing through Friday, May 15: 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Two lanes will be closed on northbound Route 29, and one lane will be closed on southbound Route 29 for drainage installation.

I-66 West from Route 234 Business to Route 29 Gainesville

Ongoing

Single and multi-lane closures will be implemented for extended paving operations. The HOV lane will be closed indefinitely. Between noon and 8 p.m. daily, three travel lanes will be open to all traffic. Between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. nightly, three lanes will be closed, leaving one travel lane open. Between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon daily, two lanes will be closed, leaving two travel lanes open.

I-66 West from Route 234 Business to Route 29 Gainesville

Ongoing

Single and multi-lane closures will be implemented for extended paving operations. The HOV lane will be closed indefinitely. Between noon and 8 p.m. daily, three travel lanes will be open to all traffic. Between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. nightly, three lanes will be closed, leaving one travel lane open. Between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon daily, two lanes will be closed, leaving two travel lanes open.

I-66 West near Bull Run

Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 8: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Temporary 15-minute stoppages of traffic for blasting operations.

I-66 West from Cub Run to Bull Run

Monday, May 4, and Tuesday, May 5: 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Two left lanes will be closed for bridge work.

I-66 East from Route 234 Business to Bull Run

Wednesday, May 6, and Thursday, May 7: 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Two left lanes will be closed for bridge work.

Vandor Lane from Route 234 Business to Rest Area

Ongoing, between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Flagging operation for utility work.

Route 29 Centreville North and South at I-66

Turn lanes from Route 29 Centreville South to I-66 West

Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 8: 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 9: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

A single lane will be closed on Route 29 North and South at I-66 for bridge pier construction. The turn lanes from Route 29 South to I-66 West will also be narrowed to a single lane.

Ramp from Route 29 North and South to I-66 East

Monday night, May 4, through Friday night, May 8: 12:00 midnight to 4:00 a.m.

The ramp will be closed for drainage construction. Traffic will be directed to Route 28 to access I-66 East.

Compton Road at I-66

Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 22: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Flagging operation for bridge construction.

I-66 East and West between Route 29 Centreville and Stringfellow Road

Route 28 North and South between Route 29 and Braddock Road

Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 8: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Temporary 15-minute stoppages of traffic on I-66 East and West, and Route 28 North and South for blasting operations.

I-66 West from Cub Run to Bull Run

Monday, May 4, and Tuesday, May 5: 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Two left lanes will be closed for bridge work.

I-66 East from Compton Road to Route 29

Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 8: 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Two right lanes will be closed for barrier demolition.

I-66 West from Route 28 to Route 29

Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 8: 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Two right lanes will be closed for retaining wall construction.

Route 28 North from Braddock Road to Westfields Boulevard

Sunday, May 3, through Friday, May 8: 8:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.

Two lanes will be closed for paving.

Route 28 South from Westfields Boulevard to Braddock Road

Sunday, May 3, through Friday, May 8: 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Two lanes will be closed for paving.

Stringfellow Road South from Fair Lakes Boulevard to Westbrook Drive

HOV Ramp from I-66 West to Stringfellow Road

Sunday, May 3, through Friday, May 8: 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Stringfellow Road will be reduced to two lanes, one in each direction. The two open travel lanes will use the northbound lanes of Stringfellow Road under I-66. The HOV ramp from I-66 West to Stringfellow Road will be right-turn only from 8:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. To go southbound during those hours, drivers will be directed to turn right onto northbound Stringfellow Road, stay to the left, and make a U-turn at Fair Lakes Boulevard.

Route 50 East at I-66

Ramp from Route 50 East to I-66 East

Ongoing

The left lane will be closed for bridge abutment construction and utility work.

I-66 West from Jermantown Road to Route 50

Ongoing

The HOV lane will be closed for bridge pier construction.

I-66 East from Monument Drive to Waples Mill Road

Thursday, May 7: 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Three lanes will be closed for overhead gantry removal. Drivers should expect periodic 20-minute stoppages between 12:00 midnight and 4:00 a.m.

I-66 West from Jermantown Road to Route 50

Ongoing

The HOV lane will be closed for bridge pier construction.

I-66 East from Waples Mill Road to Jermantown Road

Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 15: 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Two right lanes will be closed for barrier adjustment.

Cedar Lane from Cottage Street to Hilltop Drive

Continuing through Friday, May 15: 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Flagging operation for underground water line relocation.

I-66 West from Cedar Lane to Route 243 (Nutley Street)

Sunday, May 3, and Monday, May 4: 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Two left lanes will be closed for crews to set barrier.

Saintsbury Drive from Vaden Drive to Blake Lane

Continuing through Friday, May 15: 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Flagging operation for utility work.

Sutton Road from Blake Lane to Sutton Green Court

Monday, May 4, through Monday, May 25: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Flagging operation for utility work.

Ramp from I-66 East to I-495 North

Ongoing

The left lane of two will be closed for bridge pier construction.

Ramp from I-495 North to I-66 West

Ongoing

The left lane of two will be closed for bridge pier construction.

I-495 North from Route 29 to I-66

Continuing through Friday, May 22: 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Two lanes will be closed for bridge construction.

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I-66 Lane Closures and Traffic Changes, Week of May 3 - Prince William Living