Construction work begins Monday to improve two Route 17 Business (Main Street) intersections in Gloucester, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Motorists should expect lane closures through November 2027 at Main Street’s intersections with T.C. Walker Road and Sutton Road, VDOT said. The $4.8 million project will modify the intersections of Main Street at Route 628 (T.C. Walker Road) and Main Street at Route 1018 (Sutton Road) to enhance safety. The project seeks to reduce the risk of crashes at the Main Street intersections by modifying access and increasing motorist sight distance, VDOT said. The project will also build an offset right turn lane by extending the existing one on Main Street at T.C. Walker Road. At Sutton Road, according to the project website, the work “will reconstruct the southeast Route 17/17 Business intersection by maintaining the merge of traffic flowing west from the Walmart and providing a free flow for a right turn off of the northbound Ro...
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