Nearly three years after a double fatal car accident prompted Harford legislators to push for a center barrier on the Bel Air Bypass, drivers through the area are now starting to see to results of the project.

In November 2008, Katherine Brady, of Perry Hall, and her 8-year-old son, Wilson, were killed in a car crash on the Bel Air Bypass when Christopher Lentz's vehicle crossed the center line and hit the Bradys' vehicle, according to an Aegis article. Mrs. Brady's husband, Stephen, and their other son, 2-year-old Ian, survived the accident.

Following that accident, one of four fatal crashes between January 2005 and November 2008, northern Harford legislators urged the State Highway Administration, or SHA, to construct a barrier along the center line of the road for safety purposes, according to the article.

For the past two weeks, the SHA has been installing a metal W-beam guardrail on the Route 1 Bypass between Route 24 and Route 924. When finished, the barrier will stretch approximately 3.5 miles, SHA Spokesperson David Buck wrote in an email Wednesday, adding it would take a few more nights of work.

In addition to the guardrail, the $1.6 million contract with Gray & Son, Inc., includes pavement repairs and overlay as well as new pavement markings where needed, Buck added. SHA also plans to add or replace guardrail on the right side of Route 1, on the northbound and southbound sides.

The pavement work on the bypass is nearly complete, however, as Buck wrote they have work on the ramps remaining.

There may also be some lane closures or shifts because of the overall project Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday through Thursday 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., he wrote, but the bulk of the work is being done between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.

The SHA project on the Bel Air Bypass is dependent of the weather, which Buck wrote "has not been cooperating over the past [four-to-six] weeks."

Weather permitting, Buck added they expect the project to be completed by late October or early November.