Showing posts with label road work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label road work. Show all posts

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Nighttime noise ahead tonight in Rockville


Contractors for developer EYA will be working overnight on Fortune Terrace in Rockville tonight, March 30, 2023 through tomorrow morning, March 31. Delmarva Site Development will be performing water line and storm drain work between 9:00 PM tonight and 4:00 AM tomorrow morning. The firm has received a noise waiver from the Montgomery County Department of the Environment. It is scheduling the work for night hours to reduce the impact of water service disruptions to nearby customers.

A City of Rockville inspector will be on-site to monitor the work and hours of operation. The work is related to the EYA Potomac Woods development project at 11511 Fortune Terrace.

Monday, March 20, 2023

Nighttime work ahead this week for Potomac Woods project in Rockville


Nighttime road work related to the Potomac Woods development at 11511 Fortune Terrace in Rockville will begin tonight, Monday, March 20, 2023, and continue tomorrow night into Wednesday morning. Contractor Delmarva Site Development will have a crew out working in the Fortune Terrace roadway between 9:00 PM tonight and 4:00 AM Tuesday, and again during the same hours on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. EYA is the developer of the residential project, which is just north of the Potomac Woods Plaza shopping center and the Park Potomac development.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Metered on-ramps advancing for I-270 congestion

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, contractors for the Maryland State Highway Administration are pressing forward with Gov. Larry Hogan's congestion relief plan for Interstate 270. In contrast to the loud political arguments over Hogan's Express Lanes plan, his earlier modest upgrades to the highway have proceeded quietly. Now the signals and necessary electronics for another phase of the project - metered on-ramps - have been installed at many interchanges.
MD SHA contractors install a signal box
for a metered on-ramp system
The signals will act just as traffic lights do, turning red and stopping traffic entering the highway's southbound lanes from on-ramps. Traffic engineers hope they will be able to smooth out the inflow of cars that must merge with oncoming traffic in the through or local lanes. Sensors will be used, and on-ramps will be widened to two lanes if the lines become too long with a single queue.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan
Drivers have already noticed other small changes with large impacts. Some on-ramps now allow you to stay in the lane you came in on (such as the on-ramp from Sam Eig Highway), rather than fighting to merge and slowing traffic, such as the on-ramp from Democracy Boulevard northbound. Surprisingly, Hogan has not trumpeted each completed phase with press conferences. Only vague "New Traffic Pattern" electronic highway signs give any indication when each part of the project is put into use.

The project is still only 48% complete. It is scheduled to be finished next summer, so we won't know the full impact - if any - before then.

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Nighttime road resurfacing on Shady Grove Rd., Crabbs Branch Way in May

A contractor will resurface parts of Shady Grove Road and Crabbs Branch Way near the Shady Grove Metro station next month. The work will be done at night, between the hours of 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM, to avoid negative impacts on traffic flow and local businesses. Resurfacing will begin the first week of May, and take about two weeks to complete.