john schriffen is live in fairfax tonight with more on what the change is going to mean for commuters. john? >> reporter: good evening. i want to assure viewers at home, it looks like we are standing in the middle of the beltway, we are safe. we are in the middle of the hot lanes construction project. the ramp here to 66 west is going to be closed. as you look, it's a very, very busy off ramp. about 2,000 cars take this ramp every hour during the p.m. rush. now, they have to learn a new traffic pattern. you can see, there are cones set up on the right side of the beltway here. tomorrow morning, all the cones will be taken out to open up this new lane here for the exit on the right side. for drivers used to coming through here, if you don't pay attention to the signs, it will be easy to miss this exit. for drivers in northern virginia, traffic is a way of life on the beltway. >> it's pretty terrible. very bad. congested. miserable. all the construction has not helped matters. i have found when i'm driving in the areas where they completed the construction they have improved it. >> repo