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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Crews are scheduled to work on eight street segments this week under the city's repaving and street maintenance program.
Four streets are slated for repaving:
- Ancell Street, Commonwealth Avenue to Kennedy Street
- East and West Custis Street, Mount Vernon Avenue to Russell Road
- West Del Ray Avenue, Russell Road to Commonwealth Avenue
- Wayne Street, East Monroe Avenue to Adams Avenue
Four more are listed for concrete work rather than paving:
- North Overlook Drive, Halcyon Drive to the end
- South Overlook Drive, Cameron Mills Road to North Overlook Drive
- Orlando Place, Cameron Mills Road to the end
- Manor Road, Cameron Mills Road to the end
What to expect
Work runs 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. unless otherwise posted. Residents should receive notice about a week ahead, either through project signs or a flier on the door, and temporary "No Parking" signs go up before crews arrive.
Those signs matter. The city says vehicles left on the street in work areas will be towed, and that the paving program coordinates with parking enforcement and tracks signs electronically.
Access to the block is limited while crews work, though the city and its contractor let local traffic through for driveway access. Repaving involves milling off the top layer, adjusting utilities, then laying roughly two inches of hot-mix asphalt — noisy work that requires warm, dry weather. Rain cancels the day and pushes work to the next business day. Streets reopen each evening for overnight parking.
The schedule can shift for other reasons too: equipment, other city projects and utility coordination.
Why this street and not yours
Alexandria maintains more than 561 lane miles of road and aims to resurface 45 to 55 of them a year, running from early April through early November.
Which streets get picked is driven by a scoring system. Every three years the city rates each street from 1 to 100 on a Pavement Condition Index, then prioritizes the low scores. Staff also weighs traffic volume and type, planned utility work, cost and community interest. Since a citywide assessment in 2019, paving has focused on streets rated "serious," "very poor" and "poor," which tend to be scattered across the city rather than clustered — one reason a repaved block can sit next to one that isn't.
The city targets arterial roads every 8 to 12 years and residential streets every 10 to 15, though utility projects, development and contractor availability can stretch that. The proposed annual maintenance list is typically posted in April.
Funding comes from City Council appropriations plus Virginia Department of Transportation State of Good Repair and Revenue Sharing programs, along with grants.
Potholes and trenches left by utility work are the responsibility of the utility company, not the city.
More information is at alexandriava.gov/go/2356. Damage can be reported through Alex311.
