City Of Wilmington: Wilmington Issues Weekly Traffic And Travel Advisory For Special Events, Street Repaving, Other Construction Or Repa ...

Press release from the City of Wilmington:

09/25/2021 12:00 PM

Real-time traffic and travel map available at City website and at the link below

Wilmington’s Public Works Department has compiled the attached list of streets on which construction or, maintenance will occur over the next week by the City itself, or by either DelDOT, Delmarva Power, or private contractors. The attached information is for Monday, September 27 through Friday, October 1, 2021. 

The City’s website contains a real-time map that is updated daily so you can follow any changes to the weekly schedule caused by weather or other construction-related delays. Public Works Commissioner Kelly Williams said every effort is made to compile the most accurate list each week of street projects that could affect your travel in the City the following week. She cautioned, however, that the time frames for the listed projects could be altered if they are delayed due to factors such as the weather.

Of special note this weekend is the Delaware Taco Festival at Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park, 80 Rosa Parks Drive, on Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26 from 2 – 7 p.m. This annual event will require the closing of Rosa Parks Drive between Market Street and French Street starting at 12 p.m. The drive will reopen to vehicular traffic at 7 p.m. Also, on Saturday, September 25, the MFS Foundation Celebration will require the closing of Market Street between 10th and 11th Streets, as well as 10th Street between North Market Street and North King Street from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. Rosa Parks Drive between Market and French streets will close again next Saturday, October 2, from 2 p.m. – 10 p.m. for the annual Peoples Festival at Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park. Finally, on Sunday October 3, the annual HBCU Week wraps up with a block party at DECO, which will see the closing of 10th Street between Market and Orange streets from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Also, on March 1 the State of Delaware’s Department of Transportation (DelDOT) began a two-year reconstruction project to refurbish and resurface a portion of Interstate 95 that runs through the City of Wilmington. To know what is planned, when things will occur, and how all of it will affect your travels, you should  

• Visit the DelDOT Restore the Corridor website often (daily if possible) and sign up for updates including text messages: restorethecorridor.com 
• Download and share an informative Restore the Corridor Project Guide, available online here.
• Call DelDOT with questions or concerns. The DelDOT Community Relations Office can be reached by dialing at 302.760.2080, or you can direct your questions to the DelDOT Transportation Management Center by dialing 302.659.4600. 

DelDOT also reminds motorists of ongoing nightwork taking place along the I-95 Wilmington Viaduct for the next several weeks. Kiewit Construction is conducting “hydro-demolition” of the existing concrete roadway surface between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. along the I-95 Viaduct. This work consists of using a water-blasting technique to remove the top few inches of existing concrete and then using a vacuum truck to remove the debris in preparation for a new concrete overlay. The work is being scheduled at night to increase productivity and to maintain the overall project schedule.

The work to be performed in Sections 2 and 3 began Thursday, September 16 and is scheduled to continue until Thursday, September 30, 2021. This is a moving operation heading from north to south in each section, so it will not be continuously located in any single area. 

Roadwork in Wilmington, Week of September 27-October 1, 2021  

This press release was produced by the City of Wilmington. The views expressed here are the author’s own.