DelDOT Blogs

The Elkton Road Project, from Gravenor Lane to Delaware Avenue in the City of Newark, is getting close to being completed. There is approximately two to three weeks more of milling remaining as well as the placement of the top surface of hot mix. After all of the hot mix is placed, the final striping will need to be installed which would take approximately one week to complete.

 Hopefully, the winter weather conditions will allow us to complete all of the final hot mix placement and the final striping. Unless there is a severe winter storm we will be able to complete the hot mix. However, the final striping is more temperature sensitive, and we may have to use temporary striping in order to open all of Elkton Road into its final configuration, and wait until the weather improves enough in the Spring 2013 to allow us to place the final striping at the required air temperatures.

At the end of this week all of the landscaping plants will have been installed, and the only remaining landscaping work will involve touching up the mulch in the planting beds.

Effective Monday, August 20, the “No Right Turn on Red” from Casho Mill Road onto Elkton Road restriction has been removed.  Drivers will now be permitted to turn right on red following a complete stop and ensuring the road is clear.

Greggo & Ferrara will continue to grade for curb and sidewalk followed by placement of curb and sidewalk from Lincoln Dr to Veterans Dr with flagger controlled intermittent lane closures. Drainage pipe installation will continue on Apple Rd followed by Verizon underground duct relocation; this work is behind the PCC barrier placed for the southbound Apple Rd closure. Intersection reconstruction and paving will occur this weekend with the closure of Casho Mill Rd/Elkton Rd intersection.

Note: Casho Mill Rd will close from 8 p.m. Friday 5-4 to 10 p.m. Sunday 5-6. Apple Rd southbound closure will be reopened during the Casho Mill Rd closure and will be closed again on Monday 5-7. 

For more information visit the Project Website at: www.deldot.gov/information/projects/elkton_road/index.shtml.

Road excavation and GABC stone base placement will occur between Lincoln Dr and Veterans Dr with flagger controlled intermittent lane closures, as needed. Drainage pipe installation will continue between Veterans Dr and Apple Rd with intermittent lane closures. Fine grading of GABC stone base will occur between Casho Mill Rd and Lincoln Dr, no lane restrictions expected. Apple Rd southbound will be closed for road widening and reconstruction and is scheduled to be reopened by May 18th.

The repair work to an approach slab on the south end of the project is scheduled to occur this weekend.  The Contractor will be performing a minor traffic switch this week at Casho Mill Road and plans to close the Elkton/Apple Road intersection this weekend for paving.

Scheduled Completion Date: December 17, 2012

Amstel Road was re-opened the week of August 8. 

For more information, please visit the project website at www.deldot.gov/information/projects/elkton_road/index.shtml.

Amstel Avenue between Elkton Road and College Avenue in Newark is closed.  The contractor has started construction of a box culvert, and is scheduled to re-open Amstel Avenue in August prior to the start of the fall semester for University of Delaware.  The entire project is scheduled to be complete in December 2012.

Amstel Avenue between Elkton Road and College Avenue in Newark will be closed starting on Monday, June 20, and end on Friday, July 15, pending weather.  The contractor will construct a box culvert, install water and sewer mains, construct ADA curbs with sidewalks, and pave the roadway.  The entire project is scheduled to be complete in December 2012.

Phase 3 is scheduled to begin on May 31^st.  This phase is the disincentive period where the contractor must reconstruct the northbound lanes of Elkton Road before the University of Delaware’s fall semester begins in August.  The City of Newark has added sanitary sewer work to the project that may delay our contractor’s work.  Work is scheduled to be complete in December, 2012.

A value engineering proposal (VEP) has been proposed to and accepted by the Department to allow the contractor to enter into Phase III traffic pattern earlier than planned. The proposal allows the contractor an alternate method to install the new water main.  The VEP change will save DelDOT money  and will give the contractor a better chance to complete the Phase Three work before the beginning of the University of Delaware’s fall semester.  Work is scheduled to be complete in December 2012.

For more information, please visit the project page by clicking here.