Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Update on Road Maintenance Projects


 The Montgomery County Department of Transportation's (MCDOT) Division of Highway Services is repairing and resurfacing residential roads throughout the County, including the projects listed below. Schedules may be affected by weather conditions.
  • Resurfacing of Old Randolph Road between Randolph and Kemp Mill roads began in July. The four-week project will make concrete repairs to curbs, gutters and sidewalks, patch distressed pavement areas to full-depth, repave with hot mix asphalt and replace roadway lane markings. Work hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
  • Repairs in the Manor Ridge subdivision in Gaithersburg began in July and will take six to eight weeks to complete. Streets will be patched, cracks sealed and then MCDOT will apply a microsurfacing material to the entire roadway to preserve pavement. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
  • Resurfacing in the Glenmont Forest neighborhood in Silver Spring began in July and will take four to five weeks to complete. MCDOT will make full-depth patches in distressed pavement areas, repave with hot mix asphalt and replace roadway lane markings. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
  • In July, MCDOT began a six-to-eight-week project to resurface roads in the Holiday Hills community in Brookeville. Streets will be patched, cracks sealed and then MCDOT will apply a microsurfacing material to the entire roadway to preserve pavement. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
  • A two-phase residential road patching project has begun in the Huntington Terrace neighborhood in Bethesda. Currently, crews are excavating areas of distressed pavement and replacing them with hot mix asphalt. The entire roadway will be resurfaced at a later date. The patching is expected to take about five weeks and work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
  • A residential road patching project will begin in August in the Bannockburn subdivision in Bethesda. Crews will excavate areas of distressed pavement and replace them with hot mix asphalt. The patching is expected to take about five weeks and work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.