Mountain View Road Reconstruction Project

Project Description

After more than 3 years of study, planning, and grant work, the Town recently signed a contract in October in 2023 to completely rebuild Mountain View Road from Washington Ave to the Town limits (near Shalon Circle). The project is a cost-sharing partnership with the Town (who owns all of our own roads) and VDOT, to split the cost, with VDOT administering the project as part of their annual road improvement work. The unique aspect of this particular project is the failure of the subgrade of the existing road due to it being underbuilt when it was a farm access road. For this reason, VDOT has chosen a different approach in road construction for our part of the state, called Full Depth Reclamation (FDR). This process mills down 8-10” of material and recycles the asphalt, gravel and soil with concrete to create a new base layer, then adds 2”+ of finished asphalt on top. In the future, the Town will only then have to mill and repave the top two inches, as part of our annual paving maintenance every 8-12 years. The following video link found below shows a brief overview of the FDR process being implemented:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0QHoyfl8w

Updates

The project will begin this June 17, 2024, just after the Roanoke County Schools release for the summer so that we will have minimal impact on Herman L. Horn Elementary School. The project will require various detours and flaggers for residents within the immediate area, although the project is expected to be completed in July. More details will be forthcoming on anticipated detours.

Funding Sources:

Revenue Sharing (VDOT & Town of Vinton share costs 50/50)

Administrator:

VDOT Salem District Office