A mix of residential and downtown streets in Carrboro will have significant road work starting next week, according to the town government.

An alert from Carrboro on Wednesday said its public works crews will soon begin the biennial project of resurfacing roads and updating infrastructure on streets it controls instead of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. While the local government did not say the roads will be fully closed for the duration of the maintenance, travelers and those living in the area will notice signage, flaggers and construction vehicles starting the first week of August.

Two notable downtown sections are near the site of extensive construction in recent years: Roberson Street and East Braxton Foushee Street, which run by the new Drakeford Library Complex. The other roads being resurfacing are predominantly in neighborhoods: East Poplar Avenue, Lindsay Street, Fidelity Street, Tar Hill Drive, and both Rocky Point and Woods Walk Court.

Carrboro said the total 2025 road work will cover 27,574 square yards of roadway and aim to bring accessibility and infrastructure improvements. Crews will conduct pavement milling, resurfacing, curb ramp improvements, manhole adjustments, pavement markings, and construction of a new sidewalk on Roberson Street. The work will be phased, with the initial steps being upgrading the sidewalk ramps to meet ADA compliance standards and repairing existing curbs. Once finished, the crews will transition to street resurfacing.

As of Friday, there is no public timeline being shared by the Town of Carrboro on how long the road work will last. Throughout the project, the local government asks road users to observe all signage, drive slowly and carefully around workers in the streets, and to avoid parking on the street until work is finished. Those who regularly park along the street in the neighborhoods or downtown areas ought to prepare to move their vehicles upon request, said the town’s alert.

More about the 2025 Street Resurfacing Project can be found on Carrboro’s website, including a map of where the maintenance will take place.

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