2025 Corridor Improvement Plan update

Corridor Improvement Plan

Interstate 81 2025 Corridor Improvement Plan

Public Meeting Displays and Materials

The display boards and handout materials below will be available at the four public meetings.

I-81 CIP Round 2 Public Meeting Brochure

I-81 CIP Round 2 Display Boards - Bristol District Maps (Set of 4 - Mile marker 0 to 87)

I-81 CIP Round 2 Display Boards - Salem District Maps (Set of 4 - Mile marker 87 to 175)

I-81 CIP Round 2 Display Boards - Staunton District Maps (Set of 7 - Mile marker 175 to 325)

I-81 CIP Round 2 Supplemental Display Boards

I-81 2025 Corridor Improvement Plan - July Public Meetings Presentation

Online Survey - Live July 14-28

As was the case in Round 1 (in spring 2025), a virtual survey allows all I-81 corridor users to provide feedback. The following link will be open for Round 2 online feedback from July 14 to July 28, 2025.

I-81 CIP Round 2 (Potential Solutions) - Public Input

Engagement from motorists, residents, businesses, and other stakeholders is important for the team to develop a new corridor plan that effectively addresses the current and future transportation needs on I-81.

What's being done

The study team previously conducted a similar study, which was completed in 2018 and advanced 65 construction projects worth approximately $3 billion. Those projects are now in development, and many have already been completed.

With those projects well underway, the study team seeks to determine how traffic conditions have changed on the interstate, and which areas now need attention.

For the 2025 effort, the study team will again identify targeted improvements along I-81, focusing on segments that have the highest rate and severity of crashes, or the most significant traffic delays. The study excludes portions of the interstate where widenings or truck-climbing lanes were recently completed or are in development.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) will receive briefings during the study time frame.

Public involvement

The first stage of the study will identify possible issues along the corridor by combining traffic and safety data with virtual public engagement in spring 2025. During this engagement period, the study team will share a virtual survey and ask participants to use an interactive map to provide information regarding the locations and types of issues they experience on the corridor.

The study team will present potential solutions during a second round of public outreach in summer 2025. This will take place during four in-person meetings spaced throughout the corridor.

The final round of corridor-wide public engagement is scheduled for fall 2025. They will help the study team refine their recommendations, which will be presented in late 2025 to the I-81 Advisory Committee and the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

VDOT will share details and schedules of public-input opportunities on this page, as well as through news releases and social-media outreach. Engagement from motorists, residents, businesses and other stakeholders is vital for developing a new corridor plan that effectively addresses I-81’s current and future needs.

Provide comments

The public can provide comments to the study team in the following ways:

• Complete a virtual survey during one of the public engagement periods (closed April 15, 2025).
• Provide verbal or written comments at an in-person meeting (summer and fall 2025).
• Email va81CorridorPlan@vdot.virginia.gov.
• Contact VDOT Project Manager Rob Williams:
• Phone: 804-371-4868
• Mail: Attn: Robert J. Williams, 1401 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219

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