Is your street on the list? Paving season rolls on
In theory, it’s spring right now. Sure, it’s been cold and overcast all week, but as far as calendars are concerned: springtime. Spring is a time for renewal and remaking. It’s a time for taking care of yourself, getting ready for beach season, looking our best. It’s a time to try out new looks, maybe a new hairdo. It’s a time for spring cleanings and interior decor redesigns.
Springtime remodelings aren’t the sole province of people, though. Spring and summer are construction seasons. And once again, the Philadelphia Streets Department has released the next set of streets targeted for a makeover. The pothole look is so 2009.
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. Each street will take 3 to 5 weeks to be resurfaced. 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 1ST
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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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Claridge St
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Cottman Ave
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Bleigh Ave
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Claridge St
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Bleigh Ave
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Shelmire Ave
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Claridge St
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Shelmire Ave
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Faunce St
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Creswood Rd
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Northeast Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Ferndale St
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Borbeck Ave
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Griffith St
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Ferndale St
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Griffith St
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Loney St
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Ferndale St
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Loney St
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Ripley Pl
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Ferndale St
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Ripley Pl
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Rhawn St
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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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Griffith St
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Rising Sun Ave
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Bingham St
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Griffith St
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Verree Rd
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Rising Sun Ave
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Griffith St
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Ferndale St
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Verree Rd
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Halstead St
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Rhawn St
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Stanwood St
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Halstead St
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Stanwood St
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Arthur St
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Halstead St
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Arthur St
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Solly Ave
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Halstead St
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Solly Ave
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Emerson St
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Halstead St
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Emerson St
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Hoffnagle St
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Halstead St
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Hoffnagle St
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Benson St
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Halstead St
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Benson St
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Strahle St
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Large St
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Bergen St
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Castor Ave
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Loney St
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Rising Sun Ave
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Bingham St
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Loney St
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Verree Rd
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Rising Sun Ave
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Loney St
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Ferndale St
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Verree Rd
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Montour St
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Shelmire Ave
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Faunce St
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Montour St
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Bleigh Ave
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Shelmire Ave
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Montour St
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Cottman Ave
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Bleigh 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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Rising Sun Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Northeast Ave
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Rockwell Ave
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Cottman Ave
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Bleigh Ave
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Rockwell Ave
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Bleigh Ave
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Oxford Ave
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Tolbut St
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Castor Ave
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Evarts St
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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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