Is your potholed-filled street on the list? Repaving seasons rolls on
It’s a springtime Friday in Philadelphia, which means callow lovers are making reservations at La Viola, cultured skinflints are planning First Friday gallery hops, and pop-up proprietors are wondering if it’ll ever be warm and sunny again.
Friday also means that Philadelphia Streets Department has released its latest list of streets set for resurfacing next week.
As this Streetsplainer describes, to repave a street, it must first be milled, meaning the top layers of asphalt will be stripped off, and after a few weeks the milled street will be repaved. Following paving the surface will be striped with traffic lanes. Some streets can take up to 5 weeks to be resurfaced; so far this year, according to Deputy Commissioner of Transportation Mike Carroll, the wait has been about 8 days. During street reconstruction curb ramps will be upgraded and installed to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In his budget proposal, Mayor Jim Kenney requested $23.8 million to resurface 55 miles of streets across the city. Last year’s budget of $20.4 million paid for around 85 miles of street resurfacing. As of 2014, 900 miles of Philadelphia’s 2,575 miles of city-maintained streets were on the Streets Department’s paving backlog.
STREETS SCHEDULE TO BEGIN REPAVING MAY 9th
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Street:
Benton Ave
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From:
Castor Ave
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To:
Carwithan St
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Berwyn St
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Clark St
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Berwyn Pl
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Castor Ave
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Evarts St
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Mower St
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Castor Ave
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Mower St
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Tolbut St
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Castor Ave
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Tolbut St
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Benton Ave
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Conwell Ave
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Wistaria St
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Haldeman Ave
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Conwell Ave
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Montour St
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Wistaria St
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Conwell Ave
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Dungan Rd
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Montour St
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Conwell Ave
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Wingtip Rd
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Dungan Rd
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Conwell Ave
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President St
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Wingtip Rd
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Conwell Ave
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E Roosevelt Blvd
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President St
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Cowden St
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Grant Ave
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Murray St
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Cowden St
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Murray St
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Fulmer St
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Cowden St
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Fulmer St
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Lott Ave
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Creswood Rd
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Northeast Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Fulmer St
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Northeast Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Gregg St
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Mather St
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Old Bustleton Ave
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Gregg St
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Old Newtown Rd
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Mather St
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Halstead St
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Benson St
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Strahle St
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Heather St
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Parlin St
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Lawler St
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Hilspach St
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Wingtip Rd
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Sandy Rd
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Hilspach St
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President St
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Wingtip Rd
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Hoff St
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Grant Ave
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Kohl St
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Hoff St
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Kohl St
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Murray St
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Hoff St
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Lott Ave
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Bowler St
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Kohl St
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Dungan Rd
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Hoff St
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Large St
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Bergen St
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Castor Ave
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Mower St
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Bustleton Ave
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Castor Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Rising Sun Ave
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Fulmer St
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Northeast Ave
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Creswood Rd
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Rising Sun Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Krewstown Rd
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Creswood Rd
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Northeast Ave
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Grant Ave
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Creswood Rd
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Northeast Ave
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Creswood Rd
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Rising Sun Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Rising Sun Ave
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Fulmer St
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Northeast Ave
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Fulmer St
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Lott Ave
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Old Newtown Rd
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Tremont St
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Bickley St
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Old Newtown Rd
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Bickley St
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Gregg St
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Old Newtown Rd
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Gregg St
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Gregg St
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Old Newtown Rd
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Gregg St
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Ambassador St
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Old Newtown Rd
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Ambassador St
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Welsh Rd
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Parlin St
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Halstead St
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Parlin Pl
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Parlin St
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Parlin Pl
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Parlin Ter
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Parlin St
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Parlin Ter
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Avon St
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Parlin St
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Avon St
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Jeanes St
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Parlin St
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Heather St
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Jeanes St
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Rising Sun Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Tolbut St
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Castor Ave
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Evarts St
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Tomlinson Rd
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Philmont Pl
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Rennard St
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Tomlinson Rd
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Lockart Rd
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Philmont Pl
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Tomlinson Rd
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Philmont Ter
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Lockart Rd
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Wistaria St
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Grant Ave
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Murray St
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For more information about Streets Department repaving projects, visit their website here. For PennDOT’s interactive map of active construction projects, go here.
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