Greenbelt will repave entrance to H-wick

The main road into Howardwick will get a lot smoother this summer when at least half a mile of Rick Husband Boulevard is repaved.

Greenbelt Municipal & Industrial Water Authority will pay for and oversee the improvements.

“The road is on property owned by Greenbelt,” said water authority manager Bobbie Kidd. “It’s a city street, but Greenbelt owns a 100-foot right of way from the highway to Clarendon Point.”

Kidd said the water authority will tear out the old pavement and reshape the road using its own labor and equipment. A contractor will then lay down two courses of seal coat to make a new 30-foot roadway into the lakeside city.

The work will begin sometime in June and should be finished before July Fourth.

Kidd said how far the new paving goes will depend on the price the contractor sets, but he said the Greenbelt Board of Directors wants to see the road repaved from SH 70 to the main turnoffs to the Clarendon Country Club at Lowe Drive and Porter Drive.

Howardwick Mayor Nancy Davis said the city plans to pick up where Greenbelt’s new paving ends and use labor from the Department of Criminal Justice to patch more of Rick Husband Boulevard.