Good evening, everyone….The H Street construction contractor, Capitol Paving of DC (CPDC) plans to start work tomorrow (Tuesday, Aug 24), weather permitting, to build the new sidewalk on the southwest side of 8th Street at the H Street intersection. Excavation and preparation of the surface for the new sidewalk is to be carried out tomorrow, and the exposed aggregate concrete for the new sidewalk is to be poured and placed the next day.
During the sidewalk construction period, the 8th Street bus stop for the southbound 90 and 92 Metrobuses – currently located on 8th Street just south of H Street beside the Foot Locker store – will be moved for three days to 8th Street just north of H Street beside the Bank of America building. The bus shelters at the permanent bus stop location on the south side of H Street will not be moved – the sidewalk will be built around them.
The temporary stop on the north side of H Street will be marked with a portable bus stop stand.
There will be no change in the bus route.
Weather permitting, the move will take effect at 7:00 am Tuesday, August 24, and will continue through Thursday, August 26. Notices were posted this afternoon at the permanent bus stop location on the south side of H Street and distributed to business establishments in the vicinity.
In other developments:
Ø CPDC today excavated the old sidewalk on the southeast side of 7th Street at the H Street intersection and prepared the surface for pouring and placing the concrete for the new sidewalk tomorrow.
Ø CPDC last week completed constructing the new sidewalk on the southwest side of 7th Street at the H Street intersection and worked today on preparing the designated site within the sidewalk for the placement of decorative pavers.
Ø CPDC began work last week, and is continuing work this week, on construction of the roadway surface in the south center lane of the 1200, 1100, and 1000 blocks.
The work is part of the District Department of Transportation’s H Street Reconstruction Project. More information about the project is available on the DDOT website, http://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/ under the Ward 6 portion of the “Projects and Planning” section.
Thank you for your patience. For more information or assistance, please call on us at any time.
Margaret Gentry
Community Relations Specialist
MACTEC Engineering & Consulting Inc.
