Route 54 Improvement Project Update

Selbyville -- The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that construction on the Route 54 Improvement Project, which began November 2010, will continue through the summer months.

Motorists can expect intermittent lane restrictions and/or lane shifts between 9:00am and 3:00pm, Monday - Friday. No work will be performed on weekends and holidays. The Delaware Department of Transportation's (DelDOT) Transportation Management Center (TMC) will monitor the area during the summer months and adjust signal timings as needed.

The project consists of widening the existing roadway and providing a 14-foot wide center left-turn lane in order to improve the safety of the roadway, both for vehicular traffic as well as bicycles and pedestrians. Improvements will also include 6-foot wide bike lanes and 5-foot wide sidewalks. The Route 54 construction will extend from the intersection of Routes 20 and 54 east to the Mallard Lakes Development.

Due to the necessary safety improvements that are needed and the large scope of this project, it is necessary for Mumford & Miller, the contractor on the $8.1 million job, to work during the summer months. If not permitted to work during the summer months, the project would have been much longer, and more impactive to motorists and business owners.

The project is expected to be completed in early summer 2012.