MIDDLEBURG – The much-needed but widely dreaded reconstruction project slated for County Road 220 started on Tuesday, Jan. 7, as crews worked to cut trees and rework power lines to make room to widen the roadway to four lanes. Phase 1 of the project will take C.R. 220 to four lanes from Hollars Place west through the Henley Road intersection to Chief Ridaught Trail. Improvements to the intersection are also planned. Drivers can expect single-lane closures and traffic shifts during the 15-month project. Eastbound traffic may be detoured at the Baxley Road intersection, eastbound onto Blanding Boulevard, then southbound onto Knight Boxx Road and back to C.R. 220. Westbound traffic on C.R. will be routed northbound at Henley Road through the right-turn lane, then westbound onto Blanding Boulevard, southbound onto Baxley Road and back to C.R. 220. Other westbound traffic on C.R. 220 will be turned northbound onto Knight Boxx Road, westbound onto Blanding Boulevard, southbound onto Henley Road and back to C.R. 220. Phase 2 will take 16 months and include widening C.R. 220 from Knight Boxx Trail to Chief Ridaught Trail, including expanding the bridge over Little Black Creek to four lanes. Compounding the traffic woes in the area is a repaving project that has closed portions of College Drive to one lane.