Is your street next? The list of streets to be repaved next week
With the regularity of the Jersey Shore’s tides, I get an email every Friday from the Philadelphia Streets Department with this headline: STREET IMPROVEMENT WORK SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF [NEXT WEEK].
This week that date is May 29. That’s right folks: Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.
Does this mean no boardwalk, surf, and sand for some hard working street crews this weekend? We have no idea, but just don’t be surprised if you see the roads listed below ripped up for repaving when you come back to the city on Monday.
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 repaving 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 Interim Streets Commissioner 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 MONDAY
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Crosland Rd
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Telfair Rd
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Dimarco Dr
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Crosland Rd
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Crosland Rd
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Telfair Rd
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Dana Ave
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Edison Ave
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Whitney St
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Denman Rd
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Deerpath Ln
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Greenmount Rd
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Dimarco Dr
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Greenmount Rd
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Dimarco Dr
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Ferndale St
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Waring St
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Hendrix St
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Forest Hills Ave
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Erwin St
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Napier St
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Forest Hills Ave
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Napier St
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Overhill Ave
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Gifford Ave
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Bustleton Ave
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Jeanes St
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Greenmount Rd
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Denman Rd
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Millbrook Rd
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Greenmount Rd
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Dimarco Dr
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Denman Rd
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Greenmount Rd
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Telfair Rd
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Dimarco Dr
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Greiner Rd
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Rennard St
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Hendrix St
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Hendrix St
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Lockart Rd
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Audubon Ave
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Hendrix St
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Audubon Ave
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Halstead St
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Hendrix St
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Halstead St
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Jeanes St
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Hendrix St
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Jeanes St
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Ferndale St
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Hendrix St
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Ferndale St
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Gifford Ave
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Hendrix St
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Gifford Ave
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Banes St
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Hendrix St
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Banes St
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Bustleton Ave
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Herschel Rd
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Edison Ave
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Kelvin Ave
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Larkspur St
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Ferndale St
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Gifford Ave
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Larkspur St
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Gifford Ave
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Bustleton Ave
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Lindenhurst St
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Depue Ave
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Bustleton Ave
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Lockart Rd
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Rennard St
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Regina St
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Lockart Rd
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Regina St
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Lockart Pl
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Lockart Rd
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Lockart Pl
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Hendrix St
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Rennard St
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Ferndale St
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Depue Ave
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Rennard St
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Depue Ave
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Heather St
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Rennard St
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Heather St
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Gifford Ave
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Rennard St
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Gifford Ave
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Gifford Ave
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Rennard St
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Gifford Ave
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Banes St
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Rennard St
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Banes St
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Bustleton Ave
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Somerton Ave
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Depue Ave
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Bustleton Ave
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Southampton Rd
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Kelvin Ave
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Trevose Rd
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Southampton Rd
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Edison Ave
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Kelvin Ave
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Southampton Rd
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Worthington Rd
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Edison Ave
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Telfair Rd
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Crosland Rd
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Greenmount Rd
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Trevose Rd
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Edison Ave
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Whitney St
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Trevose Rd
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Whitney St
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Southampton Rd
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Whitney St
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Dana Ave
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Trevose Rd
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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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