In the ever-fluid realm of roadwork maintenance and construction, the State Highway Administration confirmed this week that preliminary work on both the median fence and repaving of Coastal Highway from 62nd Street south to 26th Street would begin this week, with actual “shovels in the dirt” work to start in early November.
The repaving project is a continuation of the program to resurface the entire 10-mile stretch of Ocean City’s strip, begun last March, from the Delaware line south to 62nd Street. The goal is, as always, to complete the resurfacing before Memorial Day and the start of the summer season.
The median fence will come first. That will include some electrical work to install LED lighting along the barrier to increase visibility.
Charlie Gischlar, media relations manager for the SHA, said completing the fence is Phase I on the project.
“Also in Phase I, crews will lengthen the left turn lane from northbound Coastal Highway to 52nd Street. Doing this will help to improve intersection operations by providing additional vehicle storage for turning motorists,” he said.
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How many millions to protect drunks and idiots from themselves?
ReplyDeleteThe pedestrians will just run across traffic to the fence and walk beside it to the end before crossing over the other side, just like they do at the SALISBURY rt 50 fence...
ReplyDeleteIt's like fishing... When you drop a line in the water you never expect to catch ALL the fish.
DeleteNow the town of OC will be sued by the drunk idiots who get injured trying to climb the fence!
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