Politics & Government

Construction Begins on Wisconsin Avenue North of Georgetown

Temporary conduits are in place in the center lane of Wisconsin Avenue during construction of the Glover Park Streetscape project.

The concrete barriers in the center lane of Wisconsin Avenue just north of the serve as temporary construction conduits for the Glover Park Streetscape project. Contrary to their appearance, the barriers are not the beginning of a permanent concrete median.

The District Department of Transporation (DDOT) will eventually install a center median, but it will be painted, rather than concrete. The agency will evaluate the median for a year before making any determination about a more permanent structure.

The Glover Park Streetscape project will The project will reduce the number of traffic lanes from three to two during peak hours and from two to one during off-peak hours. Certain intersections will have left turn lanes.

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Construction hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The project area runs from 34th Street in Georgetown to Massachusetts Avenue north of Glover Park.

The conduit zones will take up the center aisle and drivers will be expected to use the curb lanes to bypass the area.

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During a recent meeting on the project, DDOT's Paul Hoffman said that the 100-foot conduit zones along the street will have breaks between contractors. So drivers will go around the workers installing new streetlights and then the workers focusing on the roads and sidewalks.

DDOT reports that construction should be complete by September as per the agency's contract with Fort Myer construction.

DDOT will have a site dedicated to the Glover Park project—much like they operate for the O&P Street Project—but the site is not yet available.


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