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Fox Mill Road Project Will Be Completed This Weekend

Paving was completed on 4.5-mile stretch of road this week.

Since late June, work has been ongoing to repave Fox Mill Road between Waples Mill and Lawyers Road.  

Fortunately for drivers in the area, the project is nearly complete.

According to VDOT Communications Manager Joan Morris, the crews finished paving Tuesday and will finish new pavement markings this weekend.

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For the past several weeks, VDOT milled and paved nearly 4.5 miles of Fox Mill Road (Route 665) between Lawyers Road and Waples Mill Road.

Alternating lane closures were in place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Aside from the headaches the most recent construction projects caused,it turns out there is some interesting history in the area, as described in this recent blog post.

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