New Kent, Charles City roads scheduled for paving work

A long list of New Kent County and Charles City County roads are scheduled by VDOT to receive pavement improvement during this year’s paving season that lasts from now until November.

Local roads are to be paved with modified surface treatment, multi-layer (cape seal), or slurry seal. An explanation of each type of paving is found following the roads listed below.

New Kent roads slated for modified surface treatment are: Brianwood Court from cul-de-sac to Shoreline Drive; Cardinal Drive from Club Drive to cul-de-sac; Carriage Road from Townsend Road to east Route 60 intersection; Chestnut Drive from Forest Drive to Route 1214; Crump’s Mill Road from 249 to end state maintenance; Curtis Road from dead end to Parks Road; Fairway Ridge Drive from Route 1225 to cul-de-sac; Fairway Street from Brook Blvd. to north of Hairpin Drive; Grayson Drive from Timber Drive to Woodbrook Road; Greenway Circle from Hairpin Drive to Hairpin Drive; Hairpin Drive from Longview Drive to Longview Drive; Hairpin Drive from Longview Drive to cul-de-sac; Holly Pines Lane from cul-de-sac to Six Mt. Zion Road; Landing Road from dead end to Route 60; Locust Lane from cul-de-sac to Forest Drive; New Town Road from end state maintenance to Hopewell Road; Old Ferry Road from Plum Point Road to end state maintenance; Old Telegraph Road from Route 1104 to east Route 60 intersection; Parks Road from Farmers Drive to Eltham Road; Pine Fork Road from Route 106 to Airport Road; Ropers Church Road from James City line to Stage Road; South Wooland Circle from Longview Drive west to Longview Drive east; Shoreline Drive from Brook Blvd. to cul-de-sac; Six Mt. Zion Road from Farmers Drive to James City line; Stewart Road from Holly Fork Road to end state maintenance; Triangle Road from Tabernacle Road to Holly Fork Road.

Charles City roads scheduled for modified surface treatment are: Adkins Road from Route 5 to Lott Cary Road; Barnetts Road from Route 5 to Old Union Road; Holly Tree Lane from 620 to dead end; Shirley Plantation Road from Route 5 to end state maintenance; Sterling Heights Lane from Route 155 to dead end; Sturgeon Point Road from Route 155 to end state maintenance; Sturgeon Point Road from The Glebe Lane to Route 155; Wayside Road from Barnetts Road to Adkins Road; Wilcox Neck Road from Route 5 to The Glebe Lane; Woodbourne Road from Adkins Road to dead end.
New Kent roads receiving slurry seal are: Chickahominy Court from cul-de-sac to Colony Trail; Colony Trail from cul-de-sac to Riverside Drive; Cove Court from Four Island Trail to cul-de-sac; Diascund Point Trail from Colony Trail to Diascund Point Trail; Diascund Point Trail from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac; Eddie Lane from cul-de-sac to Route 1330; Forest Drive from Route 60 to Route 1214; Four Island Trail from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac; Indian Hill Lane from Route 628 to dead end; John Smith Trail from Colony Trial to Two Rivers Trail; Lake Point Trail from River Bend Trail to cul-de-sac; Magnolia Woods Court from cul-de-sac to Magnolia Woods Road; Magnolia Woods Place from Magnolia Woods Road to cul-de-sac; Magnolia Woods Road from Route 60 to dead end; Magnolia Woods Terrace from cul-de-sac to Magnolia Woods Road; Moore’s Lane from Ropers Church Road to Ropers Church Road; Moysonike Court from John Smith Trail to cul-de-sac; Quinton Court from cul-de-sac to Route 1330; Quinton Est. from Tunstall Road to cul-de-sac; Quinton Place (1333) from Route 1330 to cul-de-sac; Quinton Place (1334) from cul-de-sac to Route 1330; River Bend Trail from Four Island Trial to Colony Trail; Rolfe Court from cul-de-sac to Colony Trail; Shrewbury Drive from Wensley Drive to Hingham Road; Trina Court from Quinton place to cul-de-sac; Two Rivers Trail from Four Island Trail to Colony Trail; Wedge Wood from Ropers Church Road to cul-de-sac; Windsor Shades Road from Route 60 to dead end.
New Kent roads scheduled for multi-layer (cape seal) are: Buckden Drive from Hingham Road to dead end; Hingham Drive from Tunstall Road to cul-de-sac; Plaster Lane from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac; Pontefract Drive from Shrewbury Drive to Wensley Drive; Sedbergh Drive from Wensley Drive to Pontefract Drive; Wensley Drive from Pontefract Drive to Tunstall Road.

No Charles City roads are slated for either slurry or multi-layer treatment.

Modified surface treatment- Tar and gravel covered in a fine grade of stone to reduce the likelihood of pieces of gravel from getting thrown from under car tires. Residents can typically use the road soon after the last application of gravel is applied.

Slurry seal- Pavement sealant that consists of liquid asphalt, cement, lime, fine aggregates and water applied as a thin layer over the existing surface. In order to give the new surface time to harden, drivers are shifted to other travel lanes or encouraged to use an alternate route for several hours.

Multi-layer (or cape seal)- Involves spraying a thin film of heated liquid asphalt on the road surface followed by a layer of fine gravel. The gravel is compacted so it adheres to the asphalt. It takes about two weeks for any loose gravel to work its way into the pavement. After the new road surface has cured, excess gravel is swept away and a slurry seal is applied.

Residents can use the road soon after the gravel has been applied for the first layer of treatment. Once the slurry seal layer is in place, the road will need several hours to harden.