ODELL, NEB. - A new road work project is soon to begin on a highway through central Gage County. 

The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) says, weather permitting, a chip seal project will begin Aug. 19 on N-8. Chip seal is an application of an asphalt binder to a roadway surface followed by an aggregate.

State maintenance forces will be performing a chip seal six miles west and three miles east of Odell.

Work is anticipated to take three days and traffic will be maintained using a pilot car and flagger.