13th Street south intersection close

The installation and welding of south-side streetcar track rails from 13^th Street to the project end point in the 1400 block is on schedule to start Monday, June 13. The work will start at the 13^th Street intersection and proceed eastward.

For that reason, the south side of the 13^th Street intersection with H Street will be closed to through traffic from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday through Wednesday, June 13-15, and possibly also on Thursday, June 16. After 5:00 pm, the intersection work zone will be covered with steel plates and opened to through traffic during the evenings.

During the daytime work hours, southbound 13^th Street motorists will be directed to turn right or left onto H Street. Northbound 13^th Street motorists will be detoured at G Street, to turn left (west) on G Street to reach 12^th Street and proceed north on 12^th Street.

Signage will be in place, and flaggers will be on hand, to assist motorists and pedestrians.

As always, thanks to all for your patience and cooperation. Please call on us whenever you would like additional information or assistance. My contact information is listed at the end of this message.

On behalf of the District Department of Transportation, our Construction Manager’s June 3 Weekly Status Report for the H Street Reconstruction Project is attached, with key provisions pasted in below. The work is part of DDOT’s H Street Reconstruction Project. More information about the project is available at http://dashboard.ddot.dc.gov under the Ward 6 Projects Link.

Ø  CPDC scheduled streetcar track installation to begin Monday, June 13, on the south side of the 1300 block through the mid-point of the 1400 block. At that point, the tracks being installed as part of the H Street Reconstruction Project will be connected with the tracks previously installed as part of the Benning Road Reconstruction Project.

Ø  The final asphalt top-coat paving on the north side of the 1300 and 1400 blocks and a portion of the south side of the 1100 block was completed on Thursday evening, May 26. CPDC and the asphalt subcontractor, Senate Asphalt, worked later than usual on Thursday in order to complete the work before the Memorial Day Holiday work restrictions took effect at noon on Friday, May 27.

Ø  The new traffic signals were activated at the 12^th Street intersection on Wednesday, June 1.

Ø  Lane striping began on Wednesday, June 1, on the north side of the 1300 block and the south side of the 12^th Street intersection.