The City's annual paving projects, which have been knocking stones out of streets and bringing fresh tar to roadways, are rolling on. Next week, from March 17 through March 21, expect to see cones, barriers, and the occasional high-vis jacket directing you elsewhere as the next wave of resurfacing works get underway. This maintenance is a part of the broader 2024-25 road paving projects, keeping our streets smoother and safer one segment at a time.
As reported by the City of Greensboro's official statement, daytime travelers will need to carefully navigate or totally avoid affected areas, specifically from 7 am to 6 pm. During these hours, lanes on streets such as Audubon Dr., Distribution Dr., Sullivan St., and Wharton St. will be subject to partial or full closures due to milling and paving activities. The aim is to improve our daily commutes, but in that endeavor, some patient steering is bound to be required.
If your morning rush has you on the road later, adjustments in your route might still be in order. From 9 am to 4 pm, construction work will continue, shifting as the sun tracks across the sky. Hornaday Rd., Muirs Chapel Rd., Swing Rd., and Josephine Boyd St., among others, are set to face off with the business end of construction crews busily adjusting structures and milling surfaces. Anyone hoping to glide through these areas without a hitch may want to rethink their strategy.
For the after-work crowd, there’s a head's up too. Evening paving will put a slight wrench in the usual homeward hustle on E. Smith St., E. Lindsay St., and along illustrious Battleground Ave. It's a small price for progress, one might argue, but even those who prefer to skirt the perimeter of disruption will need to heed the signs and flaggers—after all, they're there to both protect and to direct.
It’s all part of the broader urban symphony—hammers at dawn, rollers in repose by dusk—and while the schedule is set, all is contingent on the whims of weather and the steady supply of essential materials. As detailed by the City's announcement, any detours should be respected, and where possible, alternative routes embraced.
