Mayor Mike Purzycki is sharing an important announcement from the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) regarding the upcoming I-95 rehabilitation project. Phase one of the project is set to begin next Wednesday, April 15, at the 2^nd Street and Jackson Street southbound onramps to the interstate. The main portion of the I-95 Rehabilitation Project is scheduled to begin in March of 2021. The following news release was issued by DelDOT on Tuesday.

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

  Delaware Department of Transportation

WILMINGTON, Del. – The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces the first project related to the I-95 corridor rehabilitation project will begin on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.
 
This project will remove the existing I-95 southbound on-ramps and existing bridge structures for the 2^nd Street and Jackson Street ramps and build a new ramp configuration for access to I-95 southbound.

Additional left-turn lanes will also be added on Lancaster Avenue to Adams Street and 2^nd Street to the new reconfigured on-ramp.

The 2^nd Street on-ramp to I-95 southbound will close on Saturday, May 2, 2020, and will remain closed for the duration of the project. The Jackson Street on-ramp to I-95 southbound will close in August 2020.

There will be nighttime intermittent lane closures from 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. Sunday to Friday, and road closures during certain phases of this construction. Traffic alerts and variable message boards will be posted to alert motorists of scheduled road closures.

The contractor for the nearly $20 million project is R.E. Pierson Construction, Inc., and is estimated to be completed by the end of 2020.

For more information on the I-95 Wilmington rehabilitation project visit de.gov/i95rehab.

COMMUNITY AND MEDIA INQUIRIES: 

C.R. McLeod
Director, DelDOT Community Relations
Office: (302) 760-2079
Email: charles.mcleod@delaware.gov

John Rago
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Communications
Office of the Mayor
Mobile: (302) 420-7928
Email: jrago@WilmingtonDE.gov