Friday, May 3, 2013

No DART Notice about Construction on Lincoln?

DelDOT has recently begun a big project on the far west side of Wilmington. They got things underway The project involves improvements to the roads and some sidewalks along S. Lincoln and Union Streets at about Sycamore St., on the far west side of Wilmington, and continuing on to the south to include Kirkwood Highway as far as Elsmere, from what I understand. The beginning of the work is focused on the area around the intersection of Lincoln and Sycamore, as shown on the map.

I notice that although the bus stop on Lincoln at Sycamore is inaccessible (and unusable), there has been NO announcement by DART of this closure, none of the usual Rider Alerts. As of yesterday, not only was the right lane of Lincoln blocked off in this area, the sidewalk where the stop is located was being replaced and the whole area along the east side of Lincoln was inaccessible to pedestrian traffic. I do not understand why this is not included in DART's rider alerts!

This project will last through this spring and summar. Users of Route 6, which runs between Rodney Square and Newark, along Kirkwood Highway, Lincoln St., and Union St., are going to need a lot of patience. They will often need to allow extra travel time I would guess. Already, with just the sidewalk replacement work at and near the corners of Lincoln and Sycamore, the closure of the right lane of traffic is causing a lot of traffic to stack up at the lights during rush hours. This will inevitably delay the buses.

The roadwork does appear to be needed. Kirkwood Highway just south of the area shown on the above map looks like a patchwork quilt. Still, bus and other vehicle travel will definitely be affected. I just wonder why we're not getting word of this from DART, as we have done about road construction in the downtown and Christiana Mall areas? This is also a very heavily travelled area.

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