Media Contacts:
Mark Miller, Administrator, Office of Public Information, 410-313-2022
Darrell Triplett, Project Manager, Department of Public Works, 410-313-5466
ELLICOTT CITY, MD – A Howard County road maintenance project to extend the lifespan of some of the County’s roads by seven to ten years is scheduled to begin on or about Monday, August 3. Using a “chip seal” process, crews spray liquid asphalt emulsion on the roadway and immediately cover the surface with fine stone. Rubber tired rollers then push the stone into the asphalt emulsion. Once the stone adheres to the asphalt emulsion, loose stone is swept. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by late October.
County roads to be addressed will include:
Brookeville: Jennings Chapel Road (MD 97 to Daisy Road in Woodbine).
Cooksville: Old Frederick Road (MD 32 to MD 94 in Woodbine).
Ellicott City: Triadelphia Road (MD 144 to Folly Quarter Road).
Mount Airy: Old Frederick Road (Woodbine Road to Twin Arch Road);
Watersville Road (Old Frederick Road to West Watersville Road);
West Watersville Road (Watersville Road to Old Frederick Road).
Sykesville: Forsythe Road (Old Frederick Road to West Friendship Road);
Gaither Road (Forsythe Road to county line);
Underwood Road (Forsythe Road to Old Frederick Road).
West Friendship: Fox Meadow Lane (MD 144 to dead end);
Pfefferkorn Road (MD 144 to Ten Oaks Road in Glenelg);
Rover Mill Road (McKendree Road to Pfefferkorn Road).
Woodbine: Annapolis Rock Road (Hipsley Mill Road to MD 94);
Daisy Road (Union Chapel Road to Jennings Chapel Road);
Ed Warfield Road (Daisy Road to Jennings Chapel Road);
Florence Road (Ed Warfield Road to MD 94);
Florence Road (Ed Warfield Road to Long Corner Road in Mount Airy);
Hipsley Mill Road (Jennings Chapel Road to county line);
Jennings Chapel Road (Daisy Road to Florence Road);
Newport Road (MD 94 to county line);
Woodbine Morgan Road (Morgan Station Road to MD 94).
Signs and flagging operations will be in place to direct traffic as needed as lane shifts can be expected during construction hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
While the County and its transportation partners work hard to maintain safe traffic mobility in work zones, drivers are reminded to stay alert and look for reduced speed limits, narrow driving lanes and highway workers. Please slow down and don’t follow too closely when traveling through a work zone. Remember, work zone safety is in your hands.
For questions or concerns about this maintenance project, contact Lisa Brightwell, Public Works Customer Service, at 410-313-3440 or email publicworks@howardcountymd.gov.