Traffic Delays Anticipated As Crews Work On County Roads

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Starting Monday, county public works crews will be working on a number roads, which could cause traffic delays.

Howard County Department of Public Works roadway maintenance crews will start chip seal patching operations on county roads this week. The maintenance process involves applying a liquid asphalt emulsion to the roadway surface, covering it with fine stone and compacting the material with rubber-tired rollers to create a durable driving surface. Once the stone has bonded to the asphalt emulsion, crews will sweep away any loose stone and repaint roadway lane markings.

This work will be done between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. No roads will be closed, but flagging operations will be used as needed.

Weather permitting, work should wrap up by mid-September.

County roads that will undergo chip seal patching are:

• Linthicum Road (From Howard Road to Triadelphia Road)
• Harris Farm Lane (From Ten Oaks Road to dead end)
• Carroll Mill Road (From Triadelphia Road to Folly Quarter Road)
• Carroll Mill Road (From Folly Quarter Road to dead end)
• Scott Wheeler Drive (From Sandhill Road to Training Center Complex)
• Daisy Road (From Route 144 to Jennings Chapel Road)
• Woodbine Morgan Road (From Morgan Station Road to Woodbine Road)
• Florence Road (From Mullinix Mill Road to Long Corner Road)
• Florence Road (From Route 94 to St. Michaels Road)
• Florence Road (From Route 94 to Jennings Chapel Road)

• Cabin Run (From Route 94 to dead end)

Signs will be posted to alert drivers and cyclists of the project and to use caution when traveling through the project area as loose gravel and unmarked pavement can be expected until the work is complete.