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Drone footage shows progress of HRBT Expansion Project

Looking at the HRBT Expansion Project from a new perspective
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The HRBT Expansion Project was slated to be completed by 2025, but recently VDOT said they've fallen a year or so behind schedule.

HRBT Expansion Project now over 50-percent done, but project is behind schedule

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HRBT Expansion Project now over 50-percent done, but project is behind schedule

Brendan Ponton

Here's what we do know:

  • The project is about 50% done
  • The project has a price tag of nearly $4 billion
  • The expansion will allow for eight lanes of travel across the water
  • Boring started in April, and will create two new tunnels to carry eastbound traffic
HRBT expansion progress

VDOT officials shared this drone footage from Aerophoto America, showing the progress on the project from June 2023.

See how it's going in the video above.