Don't Forget -- Major Traffic Delays Today in Leesburg

Loudoun County motorists are reminded about the possibility of major traffic delays today in Leesburg while Dominion Virginia Power crews continue pulling wires across roadways for a new power line.

Today, Sunday, August 15, crews will conduct work that will require stopping traffic for up to 15 minutes at a time on South King Street (Route 15) in Leesburg near the Route 7 Bypass interchange, and just east of the interchange on Route 7 Bypass. Crews are working until 9 p.m. (started at 5:30 a.m.).

The work is part of Dominion Virginia Power’s construction of a 12-mile, high-voltage power line from a new substation northwest of Hamilton, near the intersection of Berlin Turnpike and Route 7, to a substation off Cochran Mill Road east of Leesburg.

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