Overnight flagging set for Ashland Road as interchange work continues

Goochland County has set overnight flagging on Ashland Road, Route 623, through Aug. 7 from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., putting drivers on notice before the evening rush gives way to work-zone traffic control. The county is urging motorists to reduce speed and follow flagger directions as crews continue work on the corridor tied to the I-64 interchange.

The flagging is part of the Ashland Rd/I-64 Diverging Diamond Interchange project, a larger transportation effort that Goochland County has said was fully funded through Virginia Department of Transportation’s Smart Scale program. A county notice for the I-64/SR 623 interchange said the related Interchange Access Report study was intended to evaluate safety and operational issues and develop solutions, underscoring why this stretch has become a focus for repeated overnight traffic control.

This is not the first time Route 623 has been under nighttime restrictions. Goochland County posted similar overnight flagging notices for July 14 and for July 29 and 30, each from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Earlier alerts also described construction continuing on Ashland Road in front of Amazon and Luck Stone, with one-lane closures, traffic shifts and detours moving through the same corridor. The county has also said the I-64 westbound on-ramp from Ashland Road was closed overnight on Sept. 29 from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.

For commuters, residents and freight traffic moving between Ashland Road and I-64, the pattern points to a corridor that is still being reshaped at night as the interchange project advances. The repeated flagging on Route 623, along with prior ramp closures and lane shifts, means anyone driving through the area after 7 p.m. should expect construction crews to be active and traffic to be directed by hand rather than by open lanes. The county’s repeated notices show the work is not isolated to one night, but part of a broader buildout around the interchange and nearby commercial frontage.