Friday, July 31, 2015

Highway Services Road Improvement Projects Ahead

The Division of Highway Services will begin several projects to resurface roads. Staff will make full depth patches, mill the pavement, repave roads with hot mix asphalt and replace lane markings. Schedules are dependent on weather conditions.  Projects include:
  • Greenwood Knolls neighborhood in Silver Spring.  The project will take four to six weeks to
    complete. Work hours will be weekdays between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Some work may be required on Saturdays.
  • Second Avenue, between Spring Street and Colesville Road (US 29), in Silver Spring.  Second Avenue will take about five weeks to complete with work hours on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and at night between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Some work may be required on Saturdays.
  • Norton Road, between Glen Road and River Road, in Potomac. Work hours will be between weekdays 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Some work may be required on Saturdays.
  • Cheltenham Drive in Bethesda from Wisconsin Avenue (MD 355) to Tilbury Street. The project will take about five days. Work hours will be during week nights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • Spring Garden Estates, Damascus. The project will take about four weeks to complete with work hours between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Some work may be required on Saturdays.
  • Montgomery Industrial Park in Silver Spring. The project will take five to eight weeks to complete, weather permitting. Work will take place during the week between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and at night between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Some work on Saturdays may be required.
A permanent paving patching project on Riggs Road in Gaithersburg will take about four weeks, weather permitting, with work hours 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Some work on Saturdays may also be required. Staff will identify areas of pavement that need to be replaced and make full depth patches followed by resurfacing with hot mix asphalt.

Two pavement preservation projects to restore roadway structural integrity will begin on Decoverly Drive, from Great Seneca Highway to Diamondback Drive, in Gaithersburg and the Fox Hills West neighborhood in Potomac. The projects include full depth patching, utility adjustments, crack sealing, micro surfacing and replacement of lane markings.

Decoverly Drive will take about six to eight weeks to complete and work hours will be weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Work in Fox Hills West will take about four weeks to complete. Work hours from Monday through Friday will be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Highway Services will begin an emergency storm drain improvement project on the right-of-way in front of 402 Ellsworth Drive near the intersection of Bennington Drive in Silver Spring. The project will involve removal of a tree that is on top of the failing storm drain pipe and replacement of the pipe. The project will take about 15 days to complete, weather permitting. Work hours are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.