DDOT To Restore North Curb Lane Parking
In The 1300 & 1400 Blocks Of H Street N.E.
Ahead Of Schedule
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) plans to restore north curb lane parking in the 1300 and 1400 blocks of H Street N.E., beginning Saturday, May 21, weather permitting.
To facilitate roadway reconstruction, “Emergency-No Parking” restrictions took effect in these blocks on May 6 and were scheduled to remain in place through the last week of May. Because DDOT’s contractor, Capitol Paving of DC (CPDC), completed north and south center lane roadway work ahead of schedule, the north curb lane can be re-opened for parking sooner than expected.
Restoration of north curb lane parking is one element of a new traffic plan to be implemented on Saturday, May 21, and completed on Monday, May 23, weather permitting. When the new traffic plan is in place, CPDC will begin roadway reconstruction and related work on the south side of the 1300 block to the end point of the H Street Reconstruction Project in the 1400 block. In the event of a weather delay, the change will be made on the next suitable work day.
In the traffic plan for this phase of work, the south curb lane and streetcar lane will become the work zone, cordoned off from the rest of the street by jersey barriers. North of the jersey barriers, there will be one eastbound traffic lane, two westbound traffic lanes, and the north parking lane.
The south-side work includes underground installation of FRE® (fiberglass reinforced epoxy) electrical conduits, an element of the streetcar power system, in addition to installation of streetcar tracks and reconstruction of the roadway. The south-side work is expected to take approximately one month.
Temporary signs and traffic control measures will be in place to alert and guide the traveling public through this area.
The work is part of DDOT’s H Street Reconstruction Project which is scheduled for substantial completion on June 30, 2011. More information about the project is available on the DDOT website, at dashboard.ddot.dc.gov under the Ward 6 Projects Link.
