Hull Street month-long repaving disrupts commutes
- A month-long repaving project on Hull Street will change traffic patterns and lane availability through the work zone. - Expect lane closures, detours, and possible peak-hour delays across the corridor as crews resurface the road. - Commuters should plan alternate routes; city provides schedules and updates for the multi-week project (patch.com).
Richmond will narrow Hull Street to alternating lane closures from May 11 through June 11 as crews repave the corridor between Cowardin Avenue and Belt Boulevard. (rva.gov) The City of Richmond says the paving work will run daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the 5th and 8th voter districts. Public Works posted the closure schedule on its Hull Street project page and said drivers should expect changing lane availability through the work zone. (rva.gov) This paving is not the full reconstruction Richmond announced on February 17. That larger Hull Street rehabilitation project, covering the same Cowardin-to-Belt segment in six phases, was delayed after the city said an infrastructure project by another department forced a schedule change. (rva.gov 1) (rva.gov 2) The delayed reconstruction had been scheduled to start March 16 and finish by June 15, with full closures in two- to three-week sections from Cowardin Avenue to West 21st Street, then eastward to Belt Boulevard. The city said each phase would reopen before the next one began, with detours posted in advance. (rva.gov) Hull Street is one of Richmond’s main Southside corridors, and the city has tied the work to drainage problems, uneven pavement and crash-safety concerns. Public Works said the project will correct long-standing elevation inconsistencies, improve markings and drainage, and reconfigure parts of the street to slow speeding and add safer crossings. (rva.gov 1) (rva.gov 2) The May-June paving also lands while a separate, much larger Hull Street project remains underway farther southwest. Richmond began a $37 million transportation overhaul in April 2025 between Hey Road and Warwick Road, with new sidewalks, drainage work, lighting, pavement changes and a shared-use path planned over two years. (rva.gov) For now, the immediate change for commuters is simpler: one month of daytime lane closures on the older Hull Street segment, with the bigger rebuild still waiting on a new start date. (rva.gov) (rva.gov)
