In October, crews continued construction activities along the corridor:
Area 1 West: Reston Avenue to Baron Cameron Avenue:
- Completed grading for the shared use path along westbound Route 7 between Utterback Store Road and Reston Avenue.
- Began grading for the shared use path along eastbound Route 7 between Markell Drive and Crippen Vale Court.·
- Completed demolition of temporary asphalt in the Route 7 median between Reston Avenue and Amanda Drive.
Area 1 East: Baron Cameron Avenue to Carpers Farm Way:
- Completed drilling for noise barrier foundations along westbound Route 7 between the east end of Colvin Run Road and Springvale Road.
- Continued noise barrier post and panel installation along eastbound Route 7 near Colvin Forest Drive.
- Storm sewer installation between Baron Cameron Avenue and Colvin Forest Drive continued.
- Completed water main relocation work between Baron Cameron Avenue and Downey Drive.
- Continued earth-moving activities at the intersection of Route 7 and Baron Cameron Avenue.
- Continued construction of the retaining wall between eastbound Route 7 and the Colvin Run stream channel.
- Completed maintenance work on the Potomac Interceptor sanitary sewer.
- Construction of foundations for the piers and western abutment of the eastbound Route 7 bridge over Difficult Run continued.
- Started drilling for noise barrier foundations along westbound Route 7 west of Towlston Road.
- Continued storm sewer installation along westbound Route 7 between Lewinsville Road and Royal Estates Drive, and between Towlston Road and Lyons Street.
- Continued storm sewer installation along eastbound Route 7 between Towlston Road and Trap Road.
- Shifted traffic on westbound Route 7 to the north between Lyons Street and Trotting Horse Lane.
- Completed pipe installation for the water main distribution relocations between Towlston Road and Lewinsville Road.
- Performed grading and placed cement-treated aggregate along westbound Route 7 between Lewinsville Road and Royal Estates Drive.
- Continued storm sewer pipe crossings underneath Route 7 between Lewinsville Road and Laurel Hill Road.
Third-party utility design and relocation activities are also ongoing.
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