June 4, 2004 -- Beginning Monday, June 7, Massie Road, from its intersection with Copeley Road to the front of the North Grounds Recreation Center, will be closed
to through traffic to facilitate utility work for the John Paul Jones Arena
under construction.

Throughout the project, which is expected to continue through July 2,
motorists will have access to the Miller Center of Public Affairs and Faulkner Residences on Faulkner Drive. Residents of Copeley Hill Apartments on Farish Circle will also have access along Massie Road, from its intersection with Copeley Road. Flagmen will be on hand to direct traffic, if necessary.

Throughout the work area, barricades will be erected to accommodate large
equipment. Work hours will be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

When the utility work is completed on Massie Road, the barricades will be removed, and normal traffic flow will resume.

Beginning Thursday, June 3, electronic flashing signs will be placed at the intersection of Massie Road and Copeley Road and at the intersection of Arlington Boulevard and Millmont Street to alert local motorists of the pending closure. The signs will remain in place until the work is completed.

Starting on Tuesday, July 6, and continuing through Friday, July 16, Copeley Road will be closed to all vehicular traffic from its intersection with Massie Road to its intersection with Peyton Drive (Copeley Apartments). Copeley Apartment residence on Peyton Drive and Seymour Road will have access to Copeley Road east only from Emmet Street.