Beginning the first week of February, traffic on Botetourt Road north of Eagle Rock will be switched to a new roadway alignment. The traffic switch will take place between the bridge over Sinking Creek, approximately 0.4 mile south of Prices Bluff Road, and the curve south of the newly constructed retaining wall, approximately 0.2 miles north of Chatham Road South.
When the traffic switch is completed, the intersection at Chatham Road South and Botetourt Road will be closed in order to connect a new intersection with the new roadway alignment. A detour with signage will be in place for Chatham Road residents and services using the Chatham Road North intersection with Botetourt Road, located approximately 1.5 miles north of the south intersection. Message boards will be set up to alert drivers.
This intersection will be closed and detoured from February 4 until work is completed, no later than February 9 unless impacted b y weather.