The pending start of construction work at the large Embrey Mill subdivision in Stafford County isn’t the only project in the works along Courthouse Road just west of the Interstate 95 interchange. Here are some others:

  • Augustine Homes has started site work on its Colonial Forge subdivision near the high school with the same name. A section of Colonial Forge that has been approved for 67 single-family homes is under construction. The project also includes the construction of about 7,000 linear feet of roadway named Woodcutters Road, which will connect Courthouse Road and Kellogg Mill Road. Augustine Homes also has an approved construction plan for 20 single-family homes and 104 townhouses in another section of the development.
  • The Virginia Department of Transportation is working on a design to widen Courthouse Road west of I-95 to four lanes as far west as Ramoth Church Road, said VDOT spokeswoman Kelly Hannon. VDOT is also finalizing a contract for design work for the reconstruction of the I-95 interchange (Exit 140) at Courthouse Road. The consultant, CH2M Hill, will develop a proposed design that will be presented at a public hearing in late 2012. There is no construction funding or schedule for either project, however.
  • The Geo. H. Rucker Realty Corp. plans the 250,000-square-foot Austin Ridge Shopping Center at the intersection of Austin Ridge Drive and Courthouse Road, but plans are on hold because of the current economy.
  • A rezoning application for the Westgate Center at Stafford Courthouse project could be before the Stafford Planning Commission next month. It would allow as much as 645,000 square feet of commercial space and 51 single-family detached homes on 73 acres between Austin Ridge Drive and I-95 and north of Courthouse Road.
  • There are also plans for activity along Courthouse Road east of 95. Stafford hopes to redevelop its courthouse area into more of a town-square approach. Medicorp Properties last year bought 12.6 acres directly to the north of Stafford Hospital for future expansion. Virginia Properties and the Silver Cos. plan to partner on a 50,000-square-foot, three-story medical office building across U.S. 1 from the hospital. The former Cedar Post Rib House at the corner of Courthouse Road and U.S. 1 is being converted into an office. And Germanna Community College is eyeing land in the hospital and courthouse area for a permanent campus.