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The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is scheduled to temporarily close and detour Mt. Gilead Road at MD 30 (Hanover Pike) in Baltimore County for at least a week to facilitate the construction work.
Work was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 11.
Officials said that the temporary closure and detour are needed for underground pipe replacement work across Mt. Gilead Road. During the project, MD 30 will remain open to traffic.
The posted detour route is scheduled to be in effect 24 hours per day - weather permitting - through at least Monday, July 18.
During the project, the MDOT SHA said that crews will post detour dates on portable digital message boards and will install detour signs to guide travelers through the detour route, which will include Mt. Gilead Road, MD 91 (Emory Road), and MD 30.
The underground pipe replacement is part of a $1.9 million intersection safety improvement project scheduled to be completed in early fall 2022, according to the DOT. The agency's contractor, Sunny Acres Landscaping Inc., of Davidsonville, will be tasked with performing the work.
“MDOT SHA works hard to maintain safe traffic mobility in work zones for our crews as well as our customers,” officials noted.
“Drivers need to stay alert, focus on the road and look for reduced speed limits as well as other driving pattern changes,” they added. "Please drive like you work here and slow down in construction zones.”
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