Hanover County has completed improvements to 21 state maintained rural rustic roads that were gravel but have now been covered with multiple layers of asphalt and stone.
The improvements to these roads involved 17.32 miles of improvements altogether and benefitted more than 200 county households.

State-maintained sections of the following roads were improved: 
—Ancient Acres Road
—Ben Gayle Road
—Breedens Road
—Buckeye Road
—Burnham Davis Road
—Corker Road
—Darbys Road
—Dunn Road
—Hanover Quarter Road
—Hatch Thompson Road
—Kenwood Church Road
—Noel Road
—North Telegraph Road
—Old Country Road
—Quaker Church Road
—Richards Road
—Rosmarin Road
—Terry Road
—Union Church Road
—Verdi Lane
—Waldrop Lane

The improvements were the result of an innovative approach taken by the Hanover County Board of Supervisors last year. The board assigned staff to administer bidding and construction on the state-maintained roads and classified the gravel road sections as Rural Rustic Roads.

The Rural Rustic Road classification does not require improvements to the road alignment or roadside shoulders and ditches. Because this classification seeks only to preserve the rural character of the road, improvements to Rural Rustic Roads can be made at a fraction of the cost of regular road improvements. 

The board then voted to use about $1.2 million in state funding from completed projects, plus other funds, for improving the rural road sections. Bidding and construction were administered by Hanover County staff to enable the work to proceed on time and within budget.