At 8:05 a.m., the Virginia Department of Transportation was reporting the following traffic issues: Interstate 664 Traffic headed north was backed up to the Western Freeway interchange. Downtown Tunnel Traffic was backed up to Effingham Street. Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Traffic was backed up to Settlers Landing Road. James River, Coleman bridges No lifts are scheduled.

NORFOLK St. Louis has an arch. Seattle has a fish market. Savannah has a series of civic squares. Downtowners say one thing that's missing in the city's urban revitalization is an iconic public gathering spot that gives Norfolk an unmistakable identity and sense of place. Planners want to create that place around a light-rail station that will be built on the site of Kirn Memorial Library.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will shut down eastbound traffic on Interstate 64 early Sunday as a test of its ability to manage an evacuation of Hampton Roads. The test, scheduled for 5 to 7 a.m., will involve closing eastbound traffic along I-64 from the I-295 interchange near Richmond to just east of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.

NORFOLK Four people were injured in a crash Saturday afternoon in West Ocean View, Norfolk police said.

A car collided with a bus at 2:05 p.m., Sgt. Jim Robertson said. The injuries were not life-threatening, he said.

HAMPTON

A three-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 64 in Hampton has been cleared, but is causing added delays on the interstate.

The crash happened at 4:22 p.m. at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.

By 5 p.m., traffic was moving in both directions but delays were heavier than normal, said Luefras Robinson, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The Virginia Department of Transportation reported a backup of almost 7 miles on Interstate 64 west at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel  just before 3 p.m. At 6 p.m. the backup was about 6 miles. Heavy traffic was reported at the Midtown Tunnel westbound and at the Downtown Tunnel.   

HAMPTON A crash has closed two lanes of I-64 west and has traffic backed up for miles at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.  

The cost of not acting to solve Virginia's transportation funding crisis is taking a toll on the region's workers, the president of Virginia Beach Vision argued Wednesday in an address to local lawmakers. "People have the illusion that doing nothing costs nothing," said Stephen R. Davis, president of the nonpartisan group of business and civic leaders.

RICHMOND For the first time in anyone’s memory, legislators from Virginia’s two most populous regions sat around a table away from the state Capitol, trying to find common ground on how to pay for billions of dollars in transportation projects.

NORFOLK The Midtown Tunnel reopened at 3:30 p.m. after being closed since just after 2 p.m. due to an accident with injuries. Traffic was rerouted through the Downtown Tunnel, causing large backups. No details about the incident were immediately available.