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

Crosland Rd

Telfair Rd

Dimarco Dr

Crosland Rd

Crosland Rd

Telfair Rd

Dana Ave

Edison Ave

Whitney St

Denman Rd

Deerpath Ln

Greenmount Rd

Dimarco Dr

Greenmount Rd

Dimarco Dr

Ferndale St

Waring St

Hendrix St

Forest Hills Ave

Erwin St

Napier St

Forest Hills Ave

Napier St

Overhill Ave

Gifford Ave

Bustleton Ave

Jeanes St

Greenmount Rd

Denman Rd

Millbrook Rd

Greenmount Rd

Dimarco Dr

Denman Rd

Greenmount Rd

Telfair Rd

Dimarco Dr

Greiner Rd

Rennard St

Hendrix St

Hendrix St

Lockart Rd

Audubon Ave

Hendrix St

Audubon Ave

Halstead St

Hendrix St

Halstead St

Jeanes St

Hendrix St

Jeanes St

Ferndale St

Hendrix St

Ferndale St

Gifford Ave

Hendrix St

Gifford Ave

Banes St

Hendrix St

Banes St

Bustleton Ave

Herschel Rd

Edison Ave

Kelvin Ave

Larkspur St

Ferndale St

Gifford Ave

Larkspur St

Gifford Ave

Bustleton Ave

Lindenhurst St

Depue Ave

Bustleton Ave

Lockart Rd

Rennard St

Regina St

Lockart Rd

Regina St

Lockart Pl

Lockart Rd

Lockart Pl

Hendrix St

Rennard St

Ferndale St

Depue Ave

Rennard St

Depue Ave

Heather St

Rennard St

Heather St

Gifford Ave

Rennard St

Gifford Ave

Gifford Ave

Rennard St

Gifford Ave

Banes St

Rennard St

Banes St

Bustleton Ave

Somerton Ave

Depue Ave

Bustleton Ave

Southampton Rd

Kelvin Ave

Trevose Rd

Southampton Rd

Edison Ave

Kelvin Ave

Southampton Rd

Worthington Rd

Edison Ave

Telfair Rd

Crosland Rd

Greenmount Rd

Trevose Rd

Edison Ave

Whitney St

Trevose Rd

Whitney St

Southampton Rd

Whitney St

Dana Ave

Trevose Rd


 

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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