Friday, May 6, 2011, On H Street N.E.
In The 1300 Block & Most Of The 1400 Block
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) plans to implement “Emergency-No Parking” restrictions in the 1300 block and most of the 1400 block of H Street N.E. on Friday, May 6, 2011, weather permitting, for approximately one month.
During this period, parking will be prohibited at all times on both sides of H Street from 13th Street to 1421 Street. The prohibition goes into effect at 12:01 am Friday, May 6.
The staging area for valet parking, currently located on the south side at the mid-point of the 1300 block, will be temporarily relocated to the southwest side of 13th Street at H Street.
The restrictions are necessary to accommodate the next phase of roadway reconstruction in this section. DDOT’s contractor, Capitol Paving of DC (CPDC), will complete the major portion of north curb lane construction, including building the new sidewalks, by Friday. Then the north curb lane and the south middle lane will be used as westbound traffic lanes, while CPDC works on rebuilding the north middle lane.
The south curb lane, which has been open for parking, can no longer be used for parking because it will have to become the eastbound traffic lane while construction is underway in the middle of the roadway. Work on the north middle lane is projected to take approximately one week, to be followed by construction of the south middle lane, also taking about one week.
After both middle lanes are constructed, CPDC will begin construction on the south side. At that time, the north curb lane will be re-opened for parking.
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.
