Drivers Should Expect Lane Closures For Bel Air Road Project Starting Sept. 21

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — Drivers in Harford County should make note of upcoming lane closures that start Thursday.

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will replace sections of concrete sidewalk and improve highway drainage along northbound MD 924 (South Main Street/Emmorton Road) between Ring Factory Road and Victory Lane in south Bel Air starting Sept. 21. The project should be complete by late fall, weather permitting.

While work is taking place, drivers can expect single-lane closures along northbound MD 924 weekdays from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

On the section of MD 924 near Forest Drive, crews will do the following:

• Replace five sections of sidewalk;
• Clean existing drainage structures and pipes;
• Replace tops of drainage inlets;
• Install pea gravel outfalls behind the sidewalk.

Between Victory Lane and Fairmont Drive, crews will replace five sections of sidewalk and clean existing drainage structures and pipes.