Veterans Bridge Opening Day Traffic Exceeds Projections

The Daily Advance reports, “Despite the tolling that began on [February 9], the traffic count on the first day motorists had to pay to cross the Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge was better than projected. . . .” A City of Chesapeake (VA) spokeswoman tells the newspaper a consultant had projected a first-day volume of 17,200 vehicles, while the actual total was 21,774.