Rockville Road closes June 1 for Highfield development road work in Goochland

Rockville Road will close between North Tuckahoe Bridge Road and Interstate 64 from June 1 through August 16, a summer shutdown that will push drivers in eastern Goochland onto other routes while crews reshape the road for the approved Highfield development.

County materials say the work will raise and realign Rockville Road and add new turn lanes, changes meant to improve traffic flow and safety in a corridor that already handles commuters, local residents, school traffic and construction vehicles. Goochland County says the schedule is intended to have the road ready before the start of the 2026-2027 school year, making the closure especially important for families, buses and anyone who uses Rockville Road as a backup route when I-64 or other nearby roads are congested.

The closure sits inside a larger development and infrastructure push in eastern Goochland. The county describes the Rockville Opportunity Corridor as a 3.5-mile business district on Route 623, also known as Ashland Road, and says projects there are being phased from spring 2025 through summer 2029. Those plans include traffic lights, entrance roads and turn lanes as the county prepares for more access, more business activity and heavier traffic tied to growth around the Rockville area.

Highfield itself covers 137.97 acres at 2106 and 2114 Rockville Road, according to county rezoning notices. The county says that land is designated in the comprehensive plan for Single-Family Residential, Medium Density, and meeting records show the developer proffered off-site road improvements recommended by a VDOT safety study dated August 21, 2024. Goochland County has also said its analysis of the Rockville Road corridor builds on a Safety Study completed in January 2025, with county transportation staff working with the Virginia Department of Transportation on the corridor review.

Drivers have already seen signs that the project is moving in stages. Earlier road-work notices warned of overnight lane closures with flagging on April 26, April 28 and April 29, a reminder that the June shutdown is part of a larger construction sequence rather than a single short-term detour. For residents in East Goochland, Centerville, Crozier, Maidens and Oilville, the practical effect will be longer trips and more planning for summer errands, school-related travel and access to I-64.

The Rockville work also lines up with bigger transportation pressure elsewhere in the same growth corridor. Goochland County has said the Ashland Road and I-64 diverging diamond interchange project was fully funded in June 2023 with $42.2 million in state funding toward a $76 million total project. VDOT says that project is in design, with construction expected to start in fall 2026 and finish in summer 2029, and it will widen Ashland Road, build a new bridge over I-64, reconstruct four ramps and relocate the Hickory Haven Park and Ride. The county has also identified AXIAL Rockville 64 at 2200 Ashland Road, a 335,000-square-foot industrial project, as part of the same widening traffic and land-use shift now reshaping eastern Goochland.