Project Done, Smooth Sailing on Route 199 in JCC

By WYDaily Staff Monday, March 21, 2011

Virginia Department of Transportation crews have removed the last of construction barrels from a road project on Route 199 at Route 5 and Strawberry Plains Road in James City County.

The project, funded with $654,000 in federal stimulus dollars, began in July 2010 to relieve congestion at the well-traveled intersection. It was originally scheduled to be completed in October.

Crews widened and repaved the roadways to improve traffic flow for motorists making right turns off Route 199 onto both Route 5, and improved access to Route 199 from Strawberry Plains Road.

Motorists traveling east on Route 199 now have a separate right-turn lane onto Route 5 West. The Route 199 East traffic also has two left-turn lanes onto Strawberry Plains.

From Strawberry Plains there is a new right-turn lane and an acceleration lane onto Route 199 West, as well as two left turn lanes onto Route 199 East.  

The contractor, George Nice & Sons, Inc., worked with James City County and local police to coordinate lane closures and traffic shifts throughout the project.