Construction Begins May 28 at 37th Street and Tunlaw Road NW

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) now plans for construction at the intersection of 37th Street and Tunlaw Road NW to begin May 28. Most recently the agency had said work would begin April 29.

Hours for work will be Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. It is possible work could carry over to Saturdays, in which case the community will be notified 72 hours prior to such work taking place, according to DDOT.

Work is expected to take approximately four weeks from the start date.

The Glover Park Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) advises residents that northbound traffic on 37th Street will be detoured for a two-week period. According to the ANC, the construction will not require the detour of the D1 and D2 busses.

The changes at 37th Street and Tunlaw Road come in response to neighbors' concerns about observed cut-through traffic resulting from recent changes to the lane configurations on Wisconsin Avenue.

Local blog 73rd and Walnut, which is dedicated to cataloguing problems at the intersection, celebrated the latest update on construction and explained the necessity of the upgrades:

After a handful of delays, Glover Park is finally getting some relief at a particularly bad area for drivers and pedestrians. The angles of the intersections are such that cars can’t tell whose turn it is at the four-way. Pedestrians trying to navigate are actually in the crosshairs of cars driven by confused motorists. Any time of day, you can hear angry horn-honking.

The Wisconsin Avenue Streetscape Project included a reduction in the number of lanes for traffic within Glover Park.