Prince William County Receives Federal Funding for Local Project

On Tuesday, April 9, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger presented Prince William County officials with a ceremonial check for $2.5 million for the Minnieville Road/Prince William Parkway Interchange project. The funding is part of the money the county received from the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding process, which provides federal funding to support locally planned projects through an application process.

Spanberger noted that the funding represents cooperation at all levels of government and thanked the Board of County Supervisors for their leadership.

“When local, state and federal investments are working in harmony, that’s when we get real results,” Spanberger said. “Thank you for your on-the-ground leadership to ensure that we are working to build out plans that address the challenges facing this community. Thank you for working every single day to make sure that Prince William County becomes an even better place to live, work and raise a family.”

Once the project is complete, traffic from Prince William Parkway intended for Minnieville Road will be able to use a ramp to access Minnieville Road through a signalized intersection. Through traffic on Minnieville Road will be able to continue through a signalized intersection and bridge over Prince William Parkway. Traffic from Minnieville Road intended for Prince William Parkway will be able to turn at the signalized intersection and use a ramp to access Prince William Parkway. The project also includes a pedestrian-bicycle path.

“This money is going to do more than just invest in concrete and asphalt. This investment is meeting the growing demands of the Prince William County community. It’s putting pieces together to support the growth of the greater region,” said Spanberger. “It will help relieve congestion; it will keep Virginians safe on the road; and it will support continued economic development in the region.”

The project is important to support the new development in the area.

“This interchange is part of the gateway to the Quartz District and exciting mixed-use development that will help us fulfill our pledge to be a place where residents can live, work and play within the county,” said Prince William County Chair At-Large Deshundra Jefferson. “Furthermore, this interchange will help relieve congestion and improve safety, which are top transportation goals in the county. This is a vital project and a wonderful example of local and federal leaders working together to improve our residents’ quality of life.”

Prince William Neabsco District Supervisor Victor Angry, whose district includes the project, said that the intersection will ease traffic on those roads and provide much needed infrastructure to support the coming development.

“One of the things in this county that I always heard in 2019 [while running for office] was that we always do development, but we never fix infrastructure. Literally…, what you have done is help us fix infrastructure while allowing a major development, such as the Quartz District, to happen; and that, ladies and gentlemen, has a Whole Foods tied to it,” Angry said.

Angry thanked Spanberger, as well as Senators Kaine and Warner, for submitting for the funding on behalf of the county.

“I’m excited. I could talk about this for days because I’m really invested in all of this right now,” Angry said. “I want to thank you again for this contribution to help us get this project up-and-coming.”

Prince William Department of Transportation Director Rick Canizales said the interchange has been in the plans for years.

“We’re very excited to get this interchange up, not only for congestion, not only for safety, not only for better pedestrian and bicycle access, but for economic development,” said Canizales.

The project, a partnership between the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, will help meet the board’s goal of providing the community with accessible, comprehensive, multi-modal network of transportation infrastructure to support local and regional mobility by increasing roadway capacity and including pedestrian infrastructure.  

“These are exciting times in Prince William County,” Canizales went on to say. “We’re not doing road projects just to widen roads, to let people go to work in D.C. We’re building interchanges to make it better to travel within Prince William County. We want people to live, work and play here.